 | William Newton - 1859 - 422 pages
...produce the combustion of the carbon contained in the iron, and at the same time to oxidize the silicon, producing silicic acid, which, uniting with the oxide of iron obtained by the combustion of a small quantit} r of metallic iron, thus produced a fluid silicate of the oxide of iron, or "cinder," which... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1859 - 626 pages
...silicium, producing silicic acid, and next to seize the carbon which is eliminated, while the silicic acid uniting with the oxide of iron, obtained by the combustion of a small quantity of mctallic iron, thus produces a fluid silicate of the oxide of iron, or " cinder," which is retained... | |
 | Science - 1860 - 356 pages
...first to produce the combustion of the carbon contained in the iron, and at the same time to oxydize the silicum, producing silicic acid, which, uniting...of a small quantity of metallic iron, thus produced & fluid silicate of the oxide of iron, or " cinder," which was retained in the vessel and assisted... | |
 | 1860 - 542 pages
...iron, and at the same time to oxydize the silicum, producing silicic acid, which uniting with the oxyd of iron, obtained by the combustion of a small quantity...metallic iron, thus produced a fluid silicate of the oxyd of iron or " cinder," which was retained in the metal. The increase of temperature which the metal... | |
 | 1860 - 536 pages
...iron, and at the same time to oxydize the silicum, producing silicic acid, which uniting with the oxyd of iron, obtained by the combustion of a small quantity...metallic iron, thus produced a fluid silicate of the oxyd of iron or " cinder," which was retained in the metal. The increase of temperature which the metal... | |
 | Robert Hunt - Industries - 1862 - 1068 pages
...produce the combustion of the carbon contained in the iron, and at the same time to oxidise the silicium, producing silicic acid, which, uniting with the oxide...carbon and iron consumed, was doubtless owing to the favourable circumstances under which combustion took place. There was no intercepting material to absorb... | |
 | sir William Fairbairn (1st bart.) - 1865 - 358 pages
...producing silicic acid, and next to seize the carbon, which is eliminated, while the silicic acid, uniting with the oxide of iron, obtained by the combustion of a small quantity of metallic iron, thus produces a fluid silicate of the oxide of iron, or ' cinder,' which is retained in the vessel, and... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Industries - 1872 - 1318 pages
...produce the combustion of the carbon contained in the iron, and at the same time to oxidize the silicium, producing silicic acid, which, uniting with the oxide...silicate of the oxide of iron, or ' cinder,' which waa retained ia * the vessel and assisted in purifying the metal. The increase of temperature which... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Industries - 1873 - 1320 pages
...the combustion of the carbon contained in the iron, and at the same time to oxidize the silioiuin, producing silicic acid, which, uniting with the oxide...metallic iron, thus produced a fluid silicate of the cxide of iron, or ' cinder,' which was retained in I the vessel and assisted in purifying the metal... | |
 | James Stephen Jeans - Steel - 1880 - 962 pages
...silicium, producing silicic acid, and next to seize the carbon which is eliminated, while the silicic acid uniting with the oxide of iron, obtained by the combustion of a small quantity of metallic iron, thus Converting Vessel, with the prooen In operation' produces a fluid silicate of the oxide of iron, or... | |
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... which was retained in the vessel and assisted in purifying the metal. The increase of temperature which the metal underwent, and which seemed so disproportionate to the quantity of carbon and iron consumed, was doubtless owing to the favourable circumstances... 