New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-25
ENGLAND.
prssENER's IRON PROCESS.
eptcu-,ng

n,; ac NJ Brssemer-an invention discovery
townrd which Others have approached so closely that
il il difficult understand how they faed u arr.c a.
nj. result Doubts md s1spclons seem to bH gather
;n, ON ell sides. One man doubt' whether either
IRON or steel is made by Mr. Besseiner process but
admits TIE result to be decarbonlLed ron; another
ecrr ittiuq the facts caim1 tie merit az his own;
,brd calls the process the oldest practced fourth
smear, 10 suspect that trick IL played with the
ciude iron teore being melted, the quality ard guam
THY Of the original charge ct metal beng demande1;
n fhh. seeing oil other inquiries have been made
Ivsntr 10 know how much air Nr. BesSemcr requires
fearing perhaps deficiency. In fact, We nave ~,
ceved mnuDorable letters containing inquiries on eli
noins connected either directly or indirectly, with the
ro,.s- and we are sorry cannot satisac )rly re-
ly to them indeed, Mr.. Besfemer himself cannot do
%. Experiment alone can cefermine some OF The
numerous questions which have grown so rapidly out
of this subject Whether air Is the bert thing, or
mature of ar ard other gar gases j. yet uncertain;
80 also whether il should he admitted gradually or
otherwise. Whether the converting vessel or furnace
should be at the side, at the bottom or even al the
ton Of the blast furnace Is not yet settled or, indeed
whether there should be any separate furnace al all.
What qualities or quantities OF nc'a are oes! cacu-
lated 10 give good results Is doubtful; what time thc
,rocess should continue; a-o, whether the Diast
. should be suddenly stopped after certain time, or
moi: what quantity OF metal should be operated upon
nj ol time wha. the best pressure OF the arr lbese
ard a thousand other qucstions which suggest them;
selves are vet unanswered II should be ICcolectcd
that Mr. Bessomer has only during very short time
become acquainted with the process upon whch ne II
now vigorously examined in detail and unless the
British Association had happened to De holding ITS
meeting when it did, we know that Mr.. Bess mer
would not for some time 10 come have MADE ls lnVel,
ton public feeling ce,tain that he would be expected
10 have fully perfected his plans, which the lepse OF
tine bud rendered impossible. We are aware that
numbers of persons, with perhaps the best intentions,
or DC laps tie worst, have rcquesd ngOs "i tue co
v,rted metal TO be forwarded to tlem offering 10 tear
roll crush and work il to death 70 prove Its qualities
none of which operations they have presumed Mr.
Btssemer could himself perform Iheso requests have
1 al. .,,l n
existed In inany cases at lCGst that anything Ike
| fair triq would be made; md who knows but that
| some persons whose interest the new process may
pubIisL results lever arrived al We very glad
10 hear tnt trial argc scale and carefully con-
| Quoted, with every necessary prccautl"n, is lkely
works of Samuel Realc n Co, OF the Park
| cate Iron Woks, near Ro'herhan 4; ana VIC
trust that the results will quiet all unnecessary tnxIc
ty as to the quality of the metal produced, and tae
capabtv Of the InRleabc Iron being rolled, and the
steel being made into knives, files, chsels, and many
articles no, yet anticipated. IN the meantime tila
takes place Baxter House, the result of which we
shdl give next week; but We may state that We have
ou,selycs seen several specimens of the metal after be-
ing rolled and which presented all the appearance OF
the best bar iron. As VIC noticed in our report OF the
first public trial. we believe that the Improvement In
iron-making cannst stop at the point nov reached IN
neYnuoh numhor of minds certain of bong
sc; to work, determined to carry the prncrlc of Mr.
R,ssemcrs invention it, furh' 'st extent at least
10 take M other parts Of lie manufacture, and with
probubly more or less success We believe 10 branch
| Of manufacture has stood rtlil as that OF lr0n
the modes Of operating being, 10 a great ex'cn' ira
ditional aud, in cases incapable of being cN-
plnntd So also, the construction OF the iurnJces the
| iolms being according to ancient custom, aud de-
! parted from only with the utmost caution. lhat
| which may well make the iron manufacture 30 al.
tracye subject of study rs the vast n''rtetS involved
in il the only drawback being the officially {" expert
inentipg. Why should not our large iron masters have
laboratories attached to their works B. is the casc
abroad where the quat,s Of the and fuel also
TIE non produced, is accurately asccrtalned and IN
which laboratories, or in the works themselves. expert
monis can be readily performed We would suggest
that for once those interested in the iron trade should
put aside their iealousiCs and establish experimental
works adequate scale, where the experiments
made night be scientifically performed, and where any
useful suggestion could Re tested. such an establish
Incnt W ould save many thousands of pounds in avoid
ing the necessity OF independent trials, and ats adNan-
tages might be reasonably open to all, III ami out OF
the trade, upon adequate trns III an experiment ne
suggested by any ore anl il appeared feasible, lci il
be tried under agIcenebt that the result II sucesHul,
should rebound partly to the benefit of the originator Of
the idea. Until our manufactures are @"icntiicely as
well practically studied our progress must be sioS
as accident alone in the case leads 10 Improvement,
and dcduciivc reasoning in the other. Tine Engneer.
The South Stallordsiiie "oUr cor, spopdeit OF the
same journal writes: ltwas n long time ago since
there such buzz among the ironnnsters OF South
StaHcrdshire a. on Tuesday morning last On the pre-
Nious day q large numbCr Of them Were al Baxter
house, witnessing another operation upon BeSsClneIs
rrincip!e and most Of thtm had brought away small
pieces of the purified iron memorials oi their viSi'
Seyera Of these had been submitted TO the action OF
the smiths fire, and then beaten out upon the anvil aud
the tests demonstrated that the "oldy coandeI lss
Mr.. Adams has aptlv termed Mr.. Be>scmcrs furnace
had sent out mslleabc iron that which, twenty min
utes before had entered il as GlaonarN on pgpn; but
grave doubts were expressed a 10 It's possessing h"
requiIed fibre. Yesterday Thursday two Of the largest
pieces that brought into the district were heated to-
gether in, we believe, the ordinary bafunacc, and
then passed beneath the rolls at SLOW pace, making
/, tflf ont lnnT Dt itrQf flTrn lr,.i
upon being broken mp into several short lengths.
confirmed pifvous opinions and former statements
ii demonstrated that the iron was VIVA: Is well known
as "red-short, and thcleiorc. no ol hic value ct
hbrCus non. Tie olCl1tion I" which We have referred
was conducted at lie works of Mcssrs. Hickmln at
INdale; and il was made principally nj the spcges-
ton of Mr.. j. A. Shipton ol Dudley. Inc rod was
widely exhibited ON thenge al Bnminsham yos;or-
day and its inspection accompanied v lth many
crave shakes of The head indicative OF tlc doubts q,
The in, poctors to the CONNIE ca value OF ihe pro-
cess portion Of The rod was d-patch,d to NJ. Hos-
seIIer last night, and at The saEe time suggestions
were made that lie should send down two thYoc
whole ngots 10 be rolled his had been. Parallel
with this announcement we are glad 10 h. able e.
state that, according 10 s.Gtcucnt Which CauuO.
question, there has heen produced n Noolw ch from
Nr. Bessemers process iron H. hbpeus IA '0ch De |
de'Ftd' a specimen oi such IRON Il nov M tins
While the prevailing impression IL that the p,ec,4,
has hsny practical dlAcy ltlc> To overcome there j.
strong ccsr To il fairly tested in the dt-ic rni-
VII IL Gone Ia G. short ;inic a, p0si'l-. W, are
bound, however, to state that 81 irsIna-,r o. en-
arscd experience III thc NpivcTlsup;on district, aud
one 10 whose opi2iOn tsn~omarIy express much |
uci'i"nee l@s Pronounced very IOsiiyc opinion a.
!" the npachcahilny OF working ;hc s,stcm'so 20
take u compete successfully in commercial aspect
With the pr,s,Et method.
No little oSortion, ii i expected will be requvel to
procure the Deedod pressure ol blast, The -ironsse
bss, in general at the bias, furnaces bcIg now
or pounds TO tic inch. And th- notwithstanding |
litter in The Time on Tuesday Their. Mr.. \. ". |
Pokins after claiming precedence e Ar Naslay!l in