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 189
cipitation ofthe iron, and at the same time resistingthe chemical action, was overcome bythe use of bauxite mixed with clay andplumbago. The heat for the rotatingfurnace is produced by the Siemens gas-producers and regenerators (hereafter described). Fig. 2437 represents a longitudinal vertical… … IRON-MAKING PROCESSES. 179 Wheel-gearing is applied by which either a slow rotative velocity of 4 to 5 revolutions per hour canbe imparted to the chamber, or a more rapid velocity of 60 to 80 revolutions per hour. The cham-ber used at Landore is 7 ft. 6 in. in diameter and 9 ft. long, and is…
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