A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . in work during the past fifty years, still points to very great improvements in the manufac-ture of iron. It is in substance the plan of using the gases produced by the decompositionof fuel for the working of The charcoal fnery is also worked by the use of the gases to a much greater extentthan is generally known. The workman sends his blast directly into the mass of iron, andthe charcoal seems to be simply the means by which he is better enabled to manip
A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . in work during the past fifty years, still points to very great improvements in the manufac-ture of iron. It is in substance the plan of using the gases produced by the decompositionof fuel for the working of The charcoal fnery is also worked by the use of the gases to a much greater extentthan is generally known. The workman sends his blast directly into the mass of iron, andthe charcoal seems to be simply the means by which he is better enabled to manipulatethe iron in the finery, and keep it covered, so as to revive the oxidized metal, and thusprevent waste. A few hours spent with any intelligent workman at the side of his charcoalfinery would show the wasteful and expensive character of the so-called 7icw schemes for con- TIN PLATES. 1055 662
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