The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . •T^o*^: jr Jt; Ii|\(.KAM >l!ii\VIN(; ANNTAI. IKoIMc lli>\ ( U l< \\\ WH MMMlli) (iV liii; ii;ii\ wn mi iJ i\ih sik\. STEEL INDUSTRY In fact, it was the introduction of the open-hearth method that enabled the South to takeits present position as an important steel manu-facturer. As its ores are notably unsuitable forthe Bessemer process it would have been utterlyimpossible to have made any use of them if th
The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . •T^o*^: jr Jt; Ii|\(.KAM >l!ii\VIN(; ANNTAI. IKoIMc lli>\ ( U l< \\\ WH MMMlli) (iV liii; ii;ii\ wn mi iJ i\ih sik\. STEEL INDUSTRY In fact, it was the introduction of the open-hearth method that enabled the South to takeits present position as an important steel manu-facturer. As its ores are notably unsuitable forthe Bessemer process it would have been utterlyimpossible to have made any use of them if theold system of making steel had not been sowidely superseded by the new method inventedby Thomas. It is only since the year i8q5 that Americanmanufacturers have attempted to export theirsteel to other lands, and jet to-day they repre-sent one of the greatest sources of supply forthe worlds markets. Not only do they supplyn»any of the foreign demands for steel, but theyare an important competing force in the count-less articles in the manufacture of which steelis a component part. During the past lo yearsthe cheapness of steel has resulted in its adap-tion to so many uses that,
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