Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-01
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60 SrW MODE 'OE MAKING IRON @SS,re
,phli.hins uu aniels lrOrn the 4fHusavIons Of the
xil Eug,neers LoudDn. the Mandatory Of Irnn
Loo, fcIn The ore ia ppcrAiiyh--we have seen
-. soescuuens of Iron made BY similar pr,cess
mo Mr. Geo H.eal Sellers. iormerly Of Philadelphia.
h,t n,vy a re sTlent OF this city --' N"''
W., ,h,uk II due 10 Mr. s. 10 make the fact known
,o the pubIe-Ilu the entire credit OF 50 important
discovery shall not he wardcd 10 England when
there .. ncOniesiblc PrOOi Of our priority Of nvsn-
lOn. 80 -
making M. lIrable Iron lay che process. WAS enter
tanned. aud several essays made In ACCOMPLISH tho
,I,ie, 4: hu, without surcess. IL Is a well kno~n
ricr To al ACQUAINTED with the reducing " ir q
e. that there are iOo rich 10 WORK in the
r,u,,n.,n furnace and thai have been, and continue
| To be- worked ON n limited scale. on The comM'd
IOr.e hearth; hut unlthably To be cIien,iT, "
pursued The object. ihereT're, 10 he oba he'd VAS
snt h n furnace. wusd work any quality Of OF
a>d that nj the asI pussih'e expense.
| la 1897. Alr : et,r,ed an experimental furnace:
&c whIca In the samr year lac obtained a p ten =
wuh this furnace anI 6ne sulsrd ueuilv butt muc
improved. he tIird nuriihrr of experimenisi " nh
the most happy results b ing able to work a gre at
variety of orrs. very dh rent ia DUALITY md ho
/ produce n good Tough Loh when by the usual pro-
IS the IrUn would lie culd shear And in every
iiisaiire where il practicable To test IL. Tho
yIeld Of Bar len vas greater Than that u Pig, by
| The usual pri,Jss.
The fir,i r1psrini- nIs were. tired with The Brown
IIemaiitr; from l. high aud Northampton counties
Peunsy lvania; ths o., h eldei IN the common
Charcoal Grnare. from IS To- 10 per Of Pig linn;
by The pr-cess a Produced IA some Instances as
high as 50 per Of Bar lrnh. The magnetic Ir,n
ore froIn the same district. trieI-t his orr
closely resembles ta irim the Iron mountains OF
Missouri.) { worked NiIh great cas-. und in /, ss
time III ia any other. I m'stdifi 'ui ore To work
The yellow und br clay stone from The Vci-
i,y OF Balnrnore e, Maryland, cold sh"rI- ure. 'r
Il "A great variety ui experiments were tried with
the IIonaiIie an Kidney ores OF Virginia; spme OF
Ihcu hadiy cd short 10y the ommun proc, -; all Il
whirh prElu6 cd Inn equal Ia quality Ia the beat
EnslIsh Railroad Iron. Mr. Sellers iurnace war
Constructed with CHAMBER for fuel. hearth or cham
Der 6,r, puddlug and a receiver for the ore inlu
which it wus led 10y hopper. la tbs receiver ut
chamber the ore is pre- AIRED Tor pudding. To show
tho close res, mbnnce that Mr SIS method bears III
Ihat described 10y Mr. Clay. make the following
! extract from MIR IS specification.
AS tho ear5oaIz ,Inn If The iron is ma or o
| iial Importance ia the Process oi smelling. I will
here observe that the extent 10 which The carboriz B.
lion is To he carried will determine the PROF urti.
ate quanIy Ui unIhrariie cnal dust, ar the du.i u
charcoal or otcnkl which mI,t be mixed " n tbs
ore in the re civ, when iur example ,Oft pig me
tai is 20 he pr duccd, The qua.Ilriy xed must be
proPerionaIcly hrgr-.buI when bar iron ID Ia b,
male. the quantity must lie Prupnrliorairly less-
such q uaI Iy only being usrd may be requisii,
Cor The separation Of the scora cinder. Upon
this point is not possible 10 speak Otherwise thar
ia general terms. with every different Kind O
ore Ell .erence will show that the duse must be w
ried 10 produce the b-st reshl s."
Mr. s pursued his cK- ermenrs until his rcmova
o. this city ia 1910. Company was formed iO carr
the plan into extensive O,erntiUn-buI was unnbi
To carry cut his views IN consequence Of the enbIr
II nssnenIs OF the umr..-,,iH. Gd=.