Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 185
viz., the conversion ofpig iron into wrought iron. It is de-scribed under the head of the fineryprocess. The simplest form of the Catalanforge, as still used in the Pyrenees, isshown in Figs. 2433, 2434, and 2435.Fig. 2433 is a vertical section through the axis of the tuyere, and Fig. 2434 another… … IRON-MAKING PROCESSES. 175 cast-iron plates, and the counter, or side opposite the tuyere, with flat bars. Sometimes the lining ofthese is a refractory sandstone or granite; but the cinder-slope (on the side o of the tuyere), onwhich the workman rests his bars, is alwavs of cast iron. The aperture…
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