, 1879-05-16
REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.
THO Prod"ntl"n Of sseri from Fhosphorfo
tFHn Tire.

THO Pfodsntl"n or Sserl from FhospI,orfo
| Irnn tJre.
| knndnn uaffv atvt.
ING important announcement which was made
on Saturday last III tie Unay 4,ert rcspect,,v
tic succcss Of the process for converting Clcsa.
lns'd iron Into steel. aloptc., ly sc.srs nockow,
Vaughan g. Co, flsnstctl) hss nuw been widely
| and carefully discussed. The keynoto Of M en-
! 'ra charge In thu iron Industry has no DOUBT
dten sounded But the sudden rcyulslon tro1
! tfe despair Induced by tast-dcpartIug t,ats
su the hope aroused by a prustcct Of
! glorious etlvcexs bas produced d sAu9lfne
feeling Which may perhaps paint Il u
LOO roscatc hue the nndcnisbIy Vrco ad.
santaves which will acrruc to the Clee'uns
uistriet lroln He manufacture Of Ateq: For
| many ycars attention has been dlrcct,l TO tl,r
ticsitnlllty u bringing tlie cheap llT poorer
lton ores info condition Of atucs. 10, III. pro-
duc'ton Of hQi'-class Iron, or evsn stcd. 1t has
years TINT steel has become rival t. Iron III tie
heavy branches u{ manufacture. Ant1 colee
| 1uent)Y t!lr thpnrtancc Of discovering eofuc re-
9nlnT rroccshts did not till then bf:ooIe urgous.
Many prorrsscs AayG been hrojftgd anil srt-
| piled, but th. only one trim which us,ict Has
hoped was lint ~Ith nltc tic ,a,nc Ut .Nr. !.
Lowth'an Bell. ~ T., is nssorftcd. The tti'Il-
Guilty W'!c3! bus presented it.ot 70 Nil cHpetE-
elimination Of the pbospiur,t: ior as!'uagh pig
iron contains Aeytral ot.,e. impurities, pl,s's-
phorus Ia that which cl1c't uatits It for steel
production. SULPHUR IL evtianntity rllcli nets
ms deterrent, but cOuttFat5felf stttle dltIi.
Guilty IL experienced IN, r'n,os'n: II. 1t has
therefore been toward tit e!Inithatlpn Of pl"s-
phorus t!,ut t!t. cndcasor ol ~ t!'o1s who hire
sought toprodure steel from .n'e.'of N! Qualities
puriot in tue histur oi these experiments It
Waa found that at low tetnprrasuru the l.'i1s-
pllorus, under tlt or'linAFy conditions Of tile
puhdlx,urnaec aasreo Ir".n s.'s n ton anto TIE
had bccu a,iopt,d to attAtn that end, ttsr object
hein.: Tic prutuction OF wrought'Iron free fron
III il tle Urinary pudding. g.furpace The accepted
CT pIaDut lo OF the phenomena IL, tint a.nn early
nod T. il,r process The phosphorus pnsses
from in. iron into thu oxido VI iron Will, which
Il andfltsclf IN contact. rllc pul!ins-ia1,aco
bus oatc oxids lAaing-,l.at Is. orr made Of
~: commercially ayallabie-and nj, Iron
basic sing il produced during the operation
which retsins tiso phosphorus. TIicEe hnvc
been ilany <attc!npts made to eliminate
IN oil the attempts lhat hare been made when
the vessel Is llurd With q guuusteE-thnt Ia, II
sill:eoua llntnE-ho phosphorus lias been rt-
mpred. That wak due, not, as eotllt shy, to thu
tDtense Temperature existing III t,': vessel, but
to tl,r fact that under nu conditions whatever
ca,. the expes!l.,cs'Pr rctaln basle cudcr In an
acl'l-ltneti converter. For, even II IL urge
amount "t tase-,lmt ts, oxide Ut iru,. Or line
Is used, the atilnty Of this haso at ycr, in.
tense temperature " so great tor the arid lining
tMs it at uncc atttGks It s,.l produces stlIceo.
eiIdcr. The bnslc oxftle lining thu. IL available
cieutly tnsustbIe to be serriyeab'c In sl,r Drsae.
luer converter This hasic lining tihet! On Frflay,
the 18th inst, Vas orc made Of Tricks, produced
BY GrinE at yery intense ,enlpcraturra mngnc-
stun. limestone Ct su!table can'posision. These
brlcks both withstand 1ht very Intense ,cln-
uCf0tur8 In the converter. which f6 f[,nk nf