Daily Republican., 1880-02-03
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DR. YIELDS NEW STEEL.
A Successful Test Made at Titus
vile, Pa. ana what IN SaId AbOu

A Successful Test Mads at Titus.
vile, Pa. ana what IN ssId AbOut
IL,
Il Is well known that our tOwnsman
DR.. Fields a few years ago invented
process for converting suel:ed iron
into steel by ths simple external sppli-
cation of chemicals. The steel has been
thoroughly tested from time to time, aud
has given general satisfaction, the edge
tools made from it being of superior
character.
The latest test of DR.. Fields new
steel occurred last week at the Eames
Petroleum Iron Works, Titusville, Pa,
one Of the largest establishments Of the
kind in the State. After visiting sew
eral of the iron manufactures at Pits
burg, JohnstOwn, and other places in
Western Pennsylvania, DR.. Fields on
Tuesday last went to Titusville, accord
ing to arrangement and made test II
his process for desulphurizlng mstalic
ores and converting iron into steel from
smeltering furnace with the following
result:
First round, 470 pounds OF old mis-
cellaneOus metal was weighed In the
furnace and 495 pounds came out being
a gain OF 25 pounds.
Second round, ATS pounds were
thrown in, and SOC pounds came out,
gain of 81 pounds.
Third round 470 pounds were thrown
in and 527 pounds came out,a gain OF 81
pounds. From l4l5 pounds thrown in
the gain was ll3 pounds. At 2250
pounds which is gross ton in weight
the gain would be ITO pounds.
DR.. Fields says there is a large field
for operations in that section of the
country and had Mr.. Hamilton the
superintendent OF the JohnStown Iron
works been at home, he would have
made some tests in that place. The
Titusville works he says will soon be
enlarged to a million dollars capital.
lie expects to return to Titusville in
week or ten days for the purpose OF ap-
plying his test TO making steel rails,
the latter being made by the Eames
Petroleum Iron works at Youngstown.
The following report of the visit of
DR.. Fields aud other scientific gentle
men to Titusvilie we clip from the
Morning "flerald" of January 2sth.
Yesterday afternoon DR.. William
Fields, of Wilmington, Dell, Prof
Brooks, of Leadville, Prof. p. p. BAY
mond and Mr.. Cyrus Butler, of New
York, paid visit to Titusville for the
purpose OF inspecting the Eames PetrO-
leum Iron Works.
Dr.. Fields and Mr.. Brooks made some
interesting experiments in converting
cast-iron into steel. Samples were
drawn from the steel blooms and made
into chisels, which will be tested to-
day.
Prof. Raymond and Mr.. Cyrus Butler
spent the day in examining the Rames
petroleum process, with which the Pro-
fessor expressed himself highly pleas
ed, more particularly SO with the COM
plete publication Of the iron.
He carefully noted the precise time
it took to make ton of blooms, and
from this observation it was seen that
from the moment the iron was put in
to the furnace till the last bloom (mak-
ing little over t0n) was hammered,
just twenty-four minutes had elapsed.
All four gentlemen leave town to-
day, and there is no doubt that the
result of their visit will be the early
enlargement Of the works to an extern
sive capacity. The orders already on
hand would keep the mills going to the
utmost of its present capacity for at
least two gears to come.