 I perceived that he imagined the presence of sulphur in the air to be the cause of blast furnaces working irregularly, and making bad iron in the summer months. Subsequently to this conversation, which had in some measure directed my thoughts to the subject...  Railway Locomotives and Cars - Page 1811838Full view - About this book
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1838 - 506 pages
...similar to that in which carburetted hydrogen gas is purified ; and from this gentleman's conversation, I perceived that he imagined the presence of sulphur...furnaces, situated at a considerable distance from the engine, did not work so well as the others ; which led me to conjecture that the friction of the air,... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1838 - 520 pages
...similar to that in which carburetted hydrogen gas is purified ; and from this gentleman's conversation, I perceived that he imagined the presence of sulphur...furnaces, situated at a considerable distance from the engine, did not work so well as the others ; which led me to conjecture that the friction of the ah',... | |
 | John Henry Alexander - Iron - 1840 - 502 pages
...Inventor, Mr. Neilson, thus speaks of it (in 1836,) in a letter to Mr. Telford. 'About seven years ago I received information that one of the Muirkirk Iron...furnaces, situated at a considerable distance from the Engine, did not work so well as the others ; which led me to conjecture that the friction of the air,... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 992 pages
...similar to that in which carburetted hydrogen gas is purified ; and from this conversation Mr Neilson perceived, that he imagined the presence of sulphur in the air to be the cause of blast-furnaces working irregularly, and making bad iron in the summer months. Subsequently to this... | |
 | English literature - 1846 - 576 pages
...Neilson perceived that he imagined the presence of sulphur in the air to be the cause of blast-furnaces working irregularly, and making bad iron in the summer...this conversation, which had in some measure directed his thoughts to the subject of blast-furnaces, he received information that one of the Muirkirk iron-furnaces,... | |
 | 1846 - 576 pages
...similar to lhat in which carburetted hydrogen gas is purified ; and from this conversation, Mr. Neilson perceived that he imagined the presence of sulphur in the air to be the cause of blast-furnaces working irregularly, and making bad iron in the summer months. Subsequently to this... | |
 | John Weale - 1850 - 590 pages
...Hostry, anciently ail inn Hot-air blast. It was conceived that the presence of sulphur in the air was the cause of blast furnaces working irregularly, and...making bad iron in the summer months. Subsequently it was stated that one of the Muirkirk iron furnaces, in Scotland, situated at a considerable distance... | |
 | John Weale - Architecture - 1859 - 622 pages
...flottry, anciently an inn. /fat-air >/la*t. It was conceived that the presence of sulphur in the air was the cause of blast furnaces working irregularly and...making bad iron in the summer months. Subsequently it was stated that one of the Muirkirk iron furnaces, in Scotland, situated at a considerable distance... | |
 | Bernard Henry Becker - Learned institutions and societies - 1875 - 356 pages
...conversation I perceived that he imagined the presence of sulphur in the auto be the cause of blast-furnaces working irregularly, and making bad iron in the summer...some measure directed my thoughts to the subject of blastfurnaces, I received information that one of the Muirkirk iron furnaces, situated at a considerable... | |
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