 The hearth, or bottom of the furnace, is made of sandstone, and the sides round, to the height of a yard, or thereabout ; the rest of the furnace is lined up to the top with brick. When they begin upon a new furnace they put fire for a day or two before...  The Northern star, or, Yorkshire magazine - Page 23edited by - 1817Full view - About this book
 | John Ray - English language - 1768 - 586 pages
...is made of a Sand-Stonr, and the Sides round, to thfc Height of a Yard, or thereabout •, the reft of the Furnace is lined up to the Top with Brick....they put Fire for a Day or two before they begin to biosv. Then they blow gently, and encreafe by Degrees, 'till they come to the Height, in ten Wetks... | |
 | English language - 1817 - 336 pages
...the hearth, in the space of about twelve hours, more or less, and then it runs into a sew. When the; begin upon a new furnace, they put fire for a day or two 1м-1пп; they begin to blow. Then they blow gently, anil increase by degrees, 'till they come to... | |
 | John Henry Alexander - Iron - 1840 - 502 pages
...on Hydraulics. sandstone, and the sides round, to the height of a yard or thereabout; — the rest is lined, up to the top, with brick. 'When they begin...blow; they then blow gently, and increase by degrees, until they come to the height, in about ten weeks or more. 'Every six days they call a founday; in... | |
 | Sussex Archaeological Society - Archaeology - 1849 - 386 pages
...then it runs into a sow. " The hearth, or bottom of the furnace, is made of a sandstone, and the sides round, to the height of a yard, or thereabout ; the...put fire for a day or two before they begin to blow. " Then they blow gently, and encrease by degrees 'till they come to the height, in ten weeks or more.... | |
 | Sussex Archaeological Society - 1849 - 416 pages
...then it runs into a sow. " The hearth, or bottom of the furnace, is made of a sandstone, and the sides round, to the height of a yard, or thereabout ; the...put fire for a day or two before they begin to blow. " Then they blow gently, and encrease by degrees 'till they come to the height, in ten weeks or more.... | |
 | Sussex Archaeological Society - Archaeology - 1849 - 404 pages
...then it runs into a sow. " The hearth, or bottom of the furnace, is made of a sandstone, and the sides round, to the height of a yard, or thereabout ; the...put fire for a day or two before they begin to blow. " Then ,they blow gently, and encrcase by degrees 'till they come to the height, in ten weeks or more.... | |
 | Mark Antony Lower - 1854 - 308 pages
...then it runs into a sow. " The hearth, or bottom of the furnace, is made of sandstone, and the sides round, to the height of a yard, or thereabout ; the...put fire for a day or two before they begin to blow. "Then they blow gently and encrease by degrees 'till they come to the height in ten weeks or more.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1863 - 438 pages
...then it runs into a sow. " The hearth, or bottom of the furnace, is made of a sandstone, and the sides round, to the height of a yard or thereabout. The...put fire for a day or two before they begin to blow. Then they blow gently, and increase by degrees, till they come to the height, in two •weeks or more.... | |
 | Rev. W. W. Skeat - 1874 - 388 pages
...it is run into a sow. The hearth, or bottom, of the furnace is made of a sand-stone, and the sides round, to the height of a yard or thereabout; the...put fire for a day or two before they begin to blow. Then they blow gently, and increase by degrees, till they come to the height in ten weeks or more.... | |
 | James Moore Swank - Iron industry and trade - 1884 - 452 pages
...then it runs into a sow. The hearth, or bottom of the furnace, is made of sandstone, and the sides round, to the height of a yard, or thereabout ; the...put fire for a day or two before they begin to blow. Then they blow gently and encrease by degrees 'till they come to the height in ten weeks or more. Every... | |
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