Colophon

pp iii-iv

PREFACE

pp v-xx

Contents

pp xxi-xxvi

PART I - PRACTICAL PAPERS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE MANUFACTURE OF CRUDE OR CAST IRON

pp xxvii-xxviii

I - Remarks on Mr. Joseph Collier's Observations on Iron and Steel

pp 1-14

II - On the Principles of Iron and Steel

pp 15-33

III - Historical Remarks on the Manufacture of Iron and Steel

pp 34-45

IV - On the Materials used in the Manufacture of Pig or Cast Iron

pp 46-70

V - On the Component Parts of Iron-stones, and how these, in the manufacturing, affect the quality of the Cast Iron

pp 71-131

VI - On Primary Ores of Iron

pp 132-157

VII - On the use of Calcareous Stones in the Blast-furnace

pp 158-175

VIII - On the Assaying of Iron Ores and Iron-stones by Fusion

pp 176-251

IX - Description of a Blast-furnace, and that part of the Blowing-machine attached to it

pp 252-257

X - On the production of Cast Iron, and the Operations of the Blast-furnace

pp 258-289

XI - On the relative proportions of Coals and Iron-stones used in the blastfurnace

pp 290-320

XII - On the various effects produced by the Nature, Compression, and Velocity of the Air used in the Blast-furnace

pp 321-354

XIII - Description of the Air and the Water Vault employed to equalize the discharge of Air into the Blast-furnace

pp 355-362

XIV - On the Origin and Discovery of Iron

pp 363-379

XV - On the Origin of the Blast-furnace

pp 380-398

XVI - On the Progress of the Manufacture of Iron with Pit-coal, and a Comparison of the value and effects of Pit-coal, Wood, and Peat-char

pp 399-428

PART II - EXPERIMENTAL PAPERS, PRINCIPALLY CONNECTED WITH IRON AND ITS COMBINATIONS

pp 429-430

I - On the Attempts in France to produce Steel by means of the Diamond and the Decomposition of Carbonic Acid

pp 431-446

II - Remarks upon several Experiments made to prove the Conversion of Iron into Steel by means of the Diamond

pp 447-454

III - An Examination of C. Clouet's Process for making Cast Steel from Bar Iron by means of the Decomposition of the Carbonic Acid

pp 455-482

IV - On the Fusion of Malleable Iron with various kinds of Glass; being a continuation of the Examination of C. Clouet's Process for making Cast Steel

pp 487-504

V - On the different Proportions of Carbon which constitute the various qualities of Crude Iron and Steel

pp 505-534

VI - Experiments on Charcoal exposed to high degrees of Heat in close vessels

pp 535-539

VII - Experiments and Observations on the Manufacture of Malleable Iron directly from the ore

pp 540-556

VIII - Experiments to ascertain the Affinities of Carbon with Clay, Lime, and Silex, separately or as compounds, united with the Oxyde of Iron, forming Iron Ores and Iron-stones

pp 557-653