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Page 65
... plates , bars , and angle iron , fell from 117. 18s . 11d . per ton in 1874 , to 61. 158. per ton in 1877. The scale of prices is now lower than in any year since 1851 . causes . Let us endeavour to ascertain the cause of these Their ...
... plates , bars , and angle iron , fell from 117. 18s . 11d . per ton in 1874 , to 61. 158. per ton in 1877. The scale of prices is now lower than in any year since 1851 . causes . Let us endeavour to ascertain the cause of these Their ...
Page 69
... plates for boiler and ship - building purposes will share the same fate . In that event the quantity of coal used for the manufacture of rolled iron will be a mere fraction of what it has been , and this is a contingency which ...
... plates for boiler and ship - building purposes will share the same fate . In that event the quantity of coal used for the manufacture of rolled iron will be a mere fraction of what it has been , and this is a contingency which ...
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... Plates to the following Countries , in 1868 , 1872 , and 1878 . 1868 1872 1878 Tons Tons Tons United States . 502,000 888,000 157,000 Germany and Holland 146,000 816,000 551,000 India 185,000 69,000 210,000 Russia 126,000 137,000 85,000 ...
... Plates to the following Countries , in 1868 , 1872 , and 1878 . 1868 1872 1878 Tons Tons Tons United States . 502,000 888,000 157,000 Germany and Holland 146,000 816,000 551,000 India 185,000 69,000 210,000 Russia 126,000 137,000 85,000 ...
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... Plates Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons 1870 126,178 11,511 52,660 9,837 17,035 1871 203,353 15,093 50,288 14,446 23,204 1872 310,597 17,799 50,105 16,034 28,607 1873 260,703 26,842 40,060 26,010 28,090 1874 177,037 7,978 7,177 10,714 13,929 ...
... Plates Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons 1870 126,178 11,511 52,660 9,837 17,035 1871 203,353 15,093 50,288 14,446 23,204 1872 310,597 17,799 50,105 16,034 28,607 1873 260,703 26,842 40,060 26,010 28,090 1874 177,037 7,978 7,177 10,714 13,929 ...
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... plates ,, hoops , sheet and boiler 2,399,203 " " tinned plates . 2,900,625 " " cast or wrought , and all other manufactures 3,588,364 " 99 ,, steel , unwrought manufactures of steel , ory of steel and iron com- bined Total of iron and ...
... plates ,, hoops , sheet and boiler 2,399,203 " " tinned plates . 2,900,625 " " cast or wrought , and all other manufactures 3,588,364 " 99 ,, steel , unwrought manufactures of steel , ory of steel and iron com- bined Total of iron and ...
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