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 194
nd Juniata valleys, Pennsylva-nia. Used for best flange boiler-plate.7. Anthracite pig blooms, 850 to 851per ton of 2,240 lbs. Made from an-thracite pig in bloomary fire. Fuel generally charcoal, although coke is sometimes used. Made throughout Pennsylvania. _ Used forflange boiler-plate, the… … quoted in Philadelphia at $15.50 to 816.50, and ordinary wrought-iron bars (made in the puddlingfurnace) at from §35.80 to §42.66 per ton of 2,240 lbs. The high prices obtained for the charcoalblooms are evidence of their superior quality. The Refinery or Run-out Fire.—This may be considered as an…
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