Manufacture of Iron - In All Its Various Branches

Klappentext Published in 1850! this book provides a comprehensive illustrated guide to iron manufacturing processes in the United States and Europe. Zusammenfassung Victorian engineering depended on iron to make everything from pipes to railway bridges. In this comprehensive illustrated manual! published in England in 1850! the German-born American engineer Frederick Overman provides an in-depth explanation of iron extraction and production in America and Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Iron ore; 2. Fuel; 3. Reviving of iron; 4. Manufacture of wrought iron; 5. Forging and rolling; 6. Blast machines; 7. Hot blast; 8. Waste heat and gas; 9. Fire brick and refractory stones; 10. Motive power; 11. Manufacture of steel; Conclusion; Appendix.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Overman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.2011
• EAN: 9781108026901
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02690-1
• No. of pages: 498
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Metals technology / metallurgy