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... stack - cupola blast furnace b . Starting of a charcoal furnace c . Charges of a charcoal furnace d . Practical remarks VI . Coke furnaces VII . Coke furnaces in Hyanges , France VIII . Anthracite furnaces IX . Management of blast ...
... stack - cupola blast furnace b . Starting of a charcoal furnace c . Charges of a charcoal furnace d . Practical remarks VI . Coke furnaces VII . Coke furnaces in Hyanges , France VIII . Anthracite furnaces IX . Management of blast ...
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... stacks or heaps . Coked in ovens , the same coal will respectively lose from forty to forty - five and from twenty to thirty per cent .; that is , twelve per cent . more coke will be yielded in ovens than in heaps , or in the open air ...
... stacks or heaps . Coked in ovens , the same coal will respectively lose from forty to forty - five and from twenty to thirty per cent .; that is , twelve per cent . more coke will be yielded in ovens than in heaps , or in the open air ...
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... stack is made of sandstones , strongly secured by iron bind- ers . The hearth was formerly made of sandstone ; but at present , Fig . 48 . German blast furnace . I believe it is made of fire brick . Boshes and lining of fire brick ...
... stack is made of sandstones , strongly secured by iron bind- ers . The hearth was formerly made of sandstone ; but at present , Fig . 48 . German blast furnace . I believe it is made of fire brick . Boshes and lining of fire brick ...
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... stack . The foundation should be at REVIVING OF IRON . 153 a Building of a stack-cupola blast furnace 52 52.
... stack . The foundation should be at REVIVING OF IRON . 153 a Building of a stack-cupola blast furnace 52 52.
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... stack . The foundation should be at least one foot larger in each direction than the base of the furnace ; that is to say , if the furnace is thirty feet at the base , the foundation ought to be thirty - two feet square . Any kind of ...
... stack . The foundation should be at least one foot larger in each direction than the base of the furnace ; that is to say , if the furnace is thirty feet at the base , the foundation ought to be thirty - two feet square . Any kind of ...
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