Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I PRACTICAL PAPERS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE MANUFACTURE OF CRUDE OR CAST IRON
- I Remarks on Mr. Joseph Collier's Observations on Iron and Steel
- II On the Principles of Iron and Steel
- III Historical Remarks on the Manufacture of Iron and Steel
- IV On the Materials used in the Manufacture of Pig or Cast Iron
- V On the Component Parts of Iron-stones, and how these, in the manufacturing, affect the quality of the Cast Iron
- VI On Primary Ores of Iron
- VII On the use of Calcareous Stones in the Blast-furnace
- VIII On the Assaying of Iron Ores and Iron-stones by Fusion
- IX Description of a Blast-furnace, and that part of the Blowing-machine attached to it
- X On the production of Cast Iron, and the Operations of the Blast-furnace
- XI On the relative proportions of Coals and Iron-stones used in the blastfurnace
- XII On the various effects produced by the Nature, Compression, and Velocity of the Air used in the Blast-furnace
- XIII Description of the Air and the Water Vault employed to equalize the discharge of Air into the Blast-furnace
- XIV On the Origin and Discovery of Iron
- XV On the Origin of the Blast-furnace
- XVI On the Progress of the Manufacture of Iron with Pit-coal, and a Comparison of the value and effects of Pit-coal, Wood, and Peat-char
- PART II EXPERIMENTAL PAPERS, PRINCIPALLY CONNECTED WITH IRON AND ITS COMBINATIONS
- APPENDIX
- DESCRIPTION OF PLATES
- CORRIGENDA
- INDEX
XV - On the Origin of the Blast-furnace
from PART I - PRACTICAL PAPERS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE MANUFACTURE OF CRUDE OR CAST IRON
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I PRACTICAL PAPERS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE MANUFACTURE OF CRUDE OR CAST IRON
- I Remarks on Mr. Joseph Collier's Observations on Iron and Steel
- II On the Principles of Iron and Steel
- III Historical Remarks on the Manufacture of Iron and Steel
- IV On the Materials used in the Manufacture of Pig or Cast Iron
- V On the Component Parts of Iron-stones, and how these, in the manufacturing, affect the quality of the Cast Iron
- VI On Primary Ores of Iron
- VII On the use of Calcareous Stones in the Blast-furnace
- VIII On the Assaying of Iron Ores and Iron-stones by Fusion
- IX Description of a Blast-furnace, and that part of the Blowing-machine attached to it
- X On the production of Cast Iron, and the Operations of the Blast-furnace
- XI On the relative proportions of Coals and Iron-stones used in the blastfurnace
- XII On the various effects produced by the Nature, Compression, and Velocity of the Air used in the Blast-furnace
- XIII Description of the Air and the Water Vault employed to equalize the discharge of Air into the Blast-furnace
- XIV On the Origin and Discovery of Iron
- XV On the Origin of the Blast-furnace
- XVI On the Progress of the Manufacture of Iron with Pit-coal, and a Comparison of the value and effects of Pit-coal, Wood, and Peat-char
- PART II EXPERIMENTAL PAPERS, PRINCIPALLY CONNECTED WITH IRON AND ITS COMBINATIONS
- APPENDIX
- DESCRIPTION OF PLATES
- CORRIGENDA
- INDEX
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- Papers on Iron and Steel, Practical and Experimental , pp. 380 - 398Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1840