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Page 42
The tale of suffering is told with a candour and ingenuousness extremely
captivating , and in a spirit of moderation and forbearance towards his
persecutors which increases our sympathy for the writer . In addition to the
personal narrative ...
The tale of suffering is told with a candour and ingenuousness extremely
captivating , and in a spirit of moderation and forbearance towards his
persecutors which increases our sympathy for the writer . In addition to the
personal narrative ...
Page 78
As the manufacture extended , the Sussex woods became unable to meet the
increasing demand upon them for fuel . To make a ton of pig - iron required four
loads of timber converted into charcoal ; and to make a ton of bar - iron required ...
As the manufacture extended , the Sussex woods became unable to meet the
increasing demand upon them for fuel . To make a ton of pig - iron required four
loads of timber converted into charcoal ; and to make a ton of bar - iron required ...
Page 79
The substitution of pit - coal for charcoal in smelting the ore , involved the
necessity of increasing the pressure of the blast , Hence powerful blowing
machines were substituted for bellows , and Watt's steam - engine was eventually
applied to ...
The substitution of pit - coal for charcoal in smelting the ore , involved the
necessity of increasing the pressure of the blast , Hence powerful blowing
machines were substituted for bellows , and Watt's steam - engine was eventually
applied to ...
Page 82
But the mineral having been smelted with success at the Calder Iron Works , in
admixture with ores of the argillaceous class , other ironmasters followed the
example , and the use of the material has steadily increased down to the present
time ...
But the mineral having been smelted with success at the Calder Iron Works , in
admixture with ores of the argillaceous class , other ironmasters followed the
example , and the use of the material has steadily increased down to the present
time ...
Page 83
... it would hare proved of much less value - had , the effect of immensely
increasing the production of Scotch pig - iron . ... 000 tons of pig - iron ; in twenty -
five years it had increased to half a million tons ; and it now considerably exceeds
a ...
... it would hare proved of much less value - had , the effect of immensely
increasing the production of Scotch pig - iron . ... 000 tons of pig - iron ; in twenty -
five years it had increased to half a million tons ; and it now considerably exceeds
a ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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