Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . sissinir cxrcllcnl l)c(?i Id keep i)ac(: with oilier coiiiilrirs intlic pnidiictiijM (if inin iiixi Htccl. Ilie wiiiil of coal,and of caHy (Miiimmniciitifms, and piTliaps tlic lacli ofornaniziilion and (?apilal, have proved liindranocs todcchiiiMicnl. Kussia possesses exeellent ores in tlie mountains ofHiberiaaiid tlie Krai, liiitllic want of looiI means oftransport and of eoal prevents a larire manufaet,ire :Imt mild steel has been made since 1870, andlhi pro-duel ion for ndliliiiT ])urposes is now cons
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . sissinir cxrcllcnl l)c(?i Id keep i)ac(: with oilier coiiiilrirs intlic pnidiictiijM (if inin iiixi Htccl. Ilie wiiiil of coal,and of caHy (Miiimmniciitifms, and piTliaps tlic lacli ofornaniziilion and (?apilal, have proved liindranocs todcchiiiMicnl. Kussia possesses exeellent ores in tlie mountains ofHiberiaaiid tlie Krai, liiitllic want of looiI means oftransport and of eoal prevents a larire manufaet,ire :Imt mild steel has been made since 1870, andlhi pro-duel ion for ndliliiiT ])urposes is now Russian (lovermueni seems anxii>us lo supjilyilsilf Willi sleel ; armor and i^iins up lo oO tons arenow made iu Russia. Formerly Krupp suppliedordnance. The best Swedish pig iron is of capital quality, asthe ores from which it is produced are very pure,and the charcoal employed as the fuel in smeltingbeing free from sulphur, does not conlamiiiale thecast iron: but the waat of coal limits the 1. 1882. 1869 .B 1 :^ii h ; ,:?• ym Hi. n s Fig. 2 The production of iron and steel by thecountries of the world in 188:, Pig. 3 Increase of the cworlds annual 3production o f-p*iron and stcffl CQduring i:j years— «1869 to 1883. g 6 5 ^---^HS S* S d^ ! and 2 .—A, steel: B, wronglit iron: C. cosMron3:—B. Bessemer; t, crucible; O. H., open hearth. ? U Fig Spain cannot be calleil a manufactuiing country;but the Bilbao ore has lately been very largely usedin steel making; twenty years ago hardly any for- Iresult willbeto give brittlenesslnsleaT ofstrength lign ore was used in England ; now she annually im-ports about 8, tons from Spain, and other na-tions also supply Ihemselvcs largely. This countryis conseipieiilly ini|iorlant to the steel makers. Ital} has harilly any iron or steel works; the Klbdore has loii.^ been fiimous. but is not so important asformerly. The huge armor-clad ships of Italy, willitheir very heavy iruns. have, however,
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