John B. C. Kershaw
Published: 2017-11-26
Total Pages: 96
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Excerpt from The Electric Furnace in Iron and Steel Production In the year 1879 the late Sir William Siemens, of London, patented a crucible form of electric furnace. In this furnace he was able with comparative ease to melt 10 kg. Of iron or steel by aid of the electric current in one hour. Fig. 1 shows the general arrangement and design Of this earliest crucible furnace for steel melting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
