The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-05
ElECTRiC SIZZLING.
A system That Can J." I~"d In Connection
With Wmtrr Power.

w.t.. r vo ,..,l !, Connection
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~ ,,,,l,;,,,nroc
ne ne" lA''HS'~ ,,,,,.I, ,I,,,rx.
cSS, "hich Is ~" i'' '.,'', ,.c,r..
perlmch'a' '.aV' III ,I .,,.,i,o,
'ioi''' ,..,,,. +, ,,.:'. ,n,,ify rC-
test prove sa'Ia''"'"'! ,'.r,v
cent rlcCNro-ihct'''"'S ""' w. v 49,
progressive As 'h' y h'N' '''' ~
markah'c extent ne pi"'''' '"' a,, .n,r
nraG r'oUcl'lH anu ''', ',''T aooeeo.
then i'll casting t!'' hf''''' i'D ~, Psa
arc carried on IN " vac ", a. u,,,ovinr
ton "l 'h' ar HIS u" NV .,'> an,tinT
all bubbles o. ga Or "''' '''Iu V n,I,a anna
is thor""Ehly h''hoS,'''os's ,. airtirbt
ratuS consists V''' ~, 49,, Io,r+h In.
smcltlhS c''''i' '' ~ , '',,a,i,,,+ throngb
clln"s 'o""ru I, "'''' i,,' ,bn mold
when 'he '''''' I''''1' '.;.t' ora ,,1 t,u1
Inc 'h"''''"i ,,,,,. hc AND rho fur.
or metal '' 81, .,,,,,, two rirks which
''"oo - '," 'n,, ,1l,t,, if that there is no
! SO 'norouS"i, Wi,b;r +, minutes Of
','"po w. ~, ,,o currcnf the heat de-
inc turning =, VA v, i,, ;ron ~pd if takes
Velopoo "1I' - nH,,t cicmcus- Martin
but llt'le 'ohS'' ~ n,,,,+ ,ho fused
steel AS ho ''i'o >, Oxid,tion or
lno'a'' "'o "' w., an,otorous eject Of
Dlis'crihS "''" Wv .a,t,a Nv tho rareficd
gases c,ol'o' a.: ~ +ho same time in
at'''oSp''''' "" IS tho metal and tho
crcaseS '''' n'''',' aar,o and homooe-
castings pi''u''' '''
neous. aro,+ooo claimed
me iho'' WV 'o.'' .,'' s,noItinc of raw
for tn'S proou's - va tnT ,vortc cd Wholly by
" ot,n rowcr This ability to disponsa
way" way, f,,oI - m,ttcr Of great moment in
"i.n ,,ta;rors and remote ore producing
h Io.';',' ,,h;ch h,ve abundant water, but
o's'i'o,'' w. "' tIn tms;n, If iron it is claimed
n.y. .o .,a n,r,[;on ia ranid and amenabls
". .n'I ooDtirnons working; that it improves
1 '" a'it, " +hc castings, and that, even
J. VIZ q"". .a.,,, r,,y,r is used to generate the
"heie s'i q, ',ir,S =, saving of 80 to so per
current ~ WA practical limit Of tho
t. oono 49, AZ. ~ nroscnt orpanized would ap-
= ploo''o 10 Nv t,n pn,ndlino Of about u tons
pear ~ 30 ~; Wv ~" charae which would re-
VI ii'o'' s -. ~ fncion channel Of from
,r qulre LUZ n' ~, , -,
80 10 ~ l.o. 49, ~ s,,ch a furnace a currents
- nS o " a6n ae,eres and 80 volts, or, say,
lg "a 'V' ooo hnrsono1ver the entire charge
nt "eo . 900 ,,o,rds can he fused and run into
Vi o,oov t ~ nuarter Of an hour. In the
So cas,lnss ~ stea and iron castings by smelt
e. ; ;nn ~ Siemens Martin re eneratve fur
~ ing ~ n o''A ~ 400 pounds of coal arc
y h h"ru i TO smelt 900 pounds of iron. In
Mt t tha ' Tanssiy process, even assuming that
nj the l""ss's p,1 'ot 'vailahe and that the
""''' po" ,'l -. NV n,,r,n. must be worked by
!, steam it is claimed that the smeltlhg OF
" 1000 pounds OF IRON ai'u I "f from 7so to
III f na ny ."o 81 atoar coal an economy of
nearly so per cent IN lue t1o oco mu is
s. ..,, 40 asncc;,,v # the coal used be
sun ~ si uforior ouality
u d. d. ' rneans of this process, it is stated
q. ny ;ra nrN' containine under per cent tota
"a, pig l nro has becn PRODUCED, and it is be
nd r ;""a ,hat where desirable, the carbon
m ,.ntt oan he brought down to that of steel
low limit CaIl DC