The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16
THIN SHEETS OF IRON
recently Rolled Run 800 to.

ais among the novelties iptrodn"aa d"o' y
a 'he Continent lately are vis;t;n eu o. {,
:, ~ ae ap Oh thin sheets of iron, a reviva
ed oi 'he exhibits made at the first va ,I''
- 90, "i exhibition, held in London 4,
Q, - 49, ne French and Spanish iourn,I,
$, SFe oeen lately treating this ,natta'
a me rolling of sheets of ~"
10 novelty but, in truth. tho aTo. w "s
II suieeo IN competition bet,yoar :. re'
ont of ~ ngiish metallurgists NJ lsing
d naoon U tne exhibit of specimen o, irnS
l. p'', isI, II u may be so termed, made l.,
d uy an American firm. Groi''
Q sunI Pe'ieion IN iron-rolling then er
n 90 ~ among British manufaetprsrs aa
d ro1ias 'hinness to which steel could ba
piu cold. Mr.. elliott rolled shaate
r ,"u average thickness of which yaa .,'1 70
500" soo part OF an inch. In other word.
hoov shcets piled upon each o.,'
thiol'.. ooiiectlvely measure an inch IL
sn.ohness' while the thinnost tissrn -
pIapot 70 DC purchased in the stationan",
Lops' or cigarette paper. measn,.a,
'"u Is '@ooth part of an inch eu
Inese very thin iron sboots ,
thoT thnS smooth snd easy TO write on a.
lirh.s porous when held up to n Good |
49, L.. ~ MAJ not be out of ploco 80 s~"
t.1,g ING great interest tbot e.
,,n4 ny tnose connected with tha.
sl'a1 branch of industry. tho ;l "V
a""e, TO give few curious nart;o,,ia
90 !" the extent iron can bo -,
49,, ''ie 'hih sheets that can bo roIIa5
,,h. nrotner Jonathan little tho,a.Lt
huobub would be creatod l..
VIC oia country forty-two vaors ~
When from Pittsburgh he 60 aRo'
wonderful letter written nm sh. v''"S
tbo,,so, took no less than ono ,
tbiol,naa ',eets TO make one inch in I
n,INnesS' inaI The dimensions being o;,ht !
go oy iive and one-half inches o.
;,,,". VI iorty-four inches and ,vai,,h
s 'iN' 'y-n,he grains. The fact had - n
tbon maze IT'S appearance in nr;nt NJ
'"'' prllalns $ sons began 20 wor,, ~ !,
we iicafd that a sheet conto;nin 90
uo;oa, o,',ie number of surface inches b,,t 81
,s s Ning only forty-six grains had %
,ooh made at the Marsb6eld 10" -
works. Llanelly, Carmartbenshina 'ioh " :"
ny exactly one-third less in wn;@,h. y,
20 n"C soon The Welsh leels had to giv. is
'~y " inc rose of England. for St,f an
,au ,r was anxious to take it's wontod w,
u' ne Hope Iron Works succeodad wi
: ;nanihS sheet of II surface inchns lat
H'ng put 80 grains, which redroo5 ca,
v"e american and Welsh standard 80 alf
W,,', gives about 33 grains; Messrs cit
li,aihs " Co.. 60 inches 40 Grains. nie
,uuccu TO the same standard, about o. nm,
ans For a time Staffordshiro -. ~
e pelt, but Wales became va,.,, r". ~
- ana anxious for the homo, - @. 80,
avid Go. fi,..1 L.---44 'Oioi VI ot. va
ly, which required no less than 2,5s3 r y"'
eets to make inch in thickness; an ,ho
her sheet Sx6 inches, or 4s surface the
ches, weighed % grains, but brought ant
the standard of AZ inches, gives but dov
grains, and requires 1850 sheets to I'll
AXE inch in thickness. The Pom the
rdawe Tin Works next came into the son
Id with sheet 149lx7 CLIO, or sur -"
&c OF ll'Al' ihoheS' "eiS hinS Wv anC
ANS ou. oelns rsou'ou ~ ,, iiioiios by
24L grains, trifle heavier than the viii
arshfield, but Pontardawe claims 799 S
lcets to make inch in thickness. spe
We now come to the climax The ohe
II, ..,,.,,,,a.,-,,f Nose,.s w UolIo,n G por
~ iiiaii"So, u 4'Os'A' ,,. i' , ing
D., OF phe upper roiesG -" "o'N N'' ant
ear Swansea, succeeded in making "a sip
leet of the finest appearance and Chi
linness that has ever yet been seen by
lortal eye. The iron from which the
1eet was rolled was made on the An
remises. 1t was worked in finery
18th charcoal and the usual blast; !
fterward taken to the hammer, to be mo
1rmed into q regular fat bottom; no
rom thence conveyed to the balling spC
urnace, and when sufficiently heated OF
aiken up to the rolls, heightened and Is
ut by shears into proper lengths, rel
lied up, and transferred to the balling TN
urnace again; when heated it was at
assed through the rolls back again I'M
nto the balling furnace, and when 10
July brought to the proper pitch was ris
aiken to the rolls and made into a bl'
borough good bar th
Such is the history IN connection 10
With the forge department. 1t was ha
hen taken to the mills and rolled till
was supposed to be thinner than % re
rains, afterward passed through the Ia
old mills to give it the necessary lf'
POLISH, and it stands on record as the Gu
hinnest sheet of iron ever rolled. The IN
heet in question was 10x5I inches, or te
IS inches in surface, and weighed bht
o grains, which, being brought to the 10
tandard of sx5H inches, or A surface M
nches, is but 10 grains, or 30 per cent, oi
ess than any previous effort and re- Is
luired at least 4,sO0 to make one inch is
n thickness. Paper Makers Journal, III
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