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Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867, Volume 6

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United States. Commission to the Paris Exposition, 1867

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1870

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SECTION I	1

QUALITY OF MATERIAL	12

PRODUCTION OF IRON	36

Mineral coal the controlling element in the production of ironStatistics of the production	42

SECTION II	63

MANUFACTURE OF STEEL RAILS	69

BESSEMER STEEL IN SWEDEN	81

A TABLE SHOWING THE ANALYSES OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ORES AND IRON	85

REPORT UPON THE PRECIOUS METALS BEING STATISTICAL NOTICES	i

Processes which have not been introduced in the United StatesWrought iron and steel	75

Swedish Bessemer steel superior to EnglishNature of the ores and irons usedStationary	78

APPENDICES	266

A ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UPON THE PRODUCTION OF THE PRECIOUS	308

B RELATIVE VALUES OF GOLD AND SILVER 330332	330

TABLES OF DEPOSITS COINAGE EXPORTATION AND PRODUCTION OF	336

E METRICAL and other Weights and tHEIR EQUIVALents 359360	359

B TABLE SHOWING SEVERAL MARKS OF SWEDISH IRONS 91102	91

RESULTS OF THE WORKING of the SAWDUST FURNACE 102105	102

E TRANSCRIPTS OF THE PRUSSIAN FRENCH AND ENGLISH LAWS UNDER	113

P SANDBERGS PAPER ON STEEL AND IRON RAILS 129142	129

G LAW OF LIVRET IN FRANCE 142150	142

H TESTIMONY OF A S HEWITT BEFORE TRADES UNION COMMISSION 150170	150

POOR RATES AND PAUPERISM 171181	171

K EDUCATION 182	182

THE PROGRESS AND CONDITION OF SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF INDUS	i

Importance of this acid to the useful artsVarious methods proposed to avoid the	1

CHAPTER II	18

Substitution of steel for ironGood steel can only be made from good materialsSteel estab	29

CHAPTER III	32

CHAPTER IV	45

ILLUSTRATIONS	141

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Title	Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867, Volume 6 Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867, William Phipps Blake
Author	United States. Commission to the Paris Exposition, 1867
Editor	William Phipps Blake
Publisher	U.S. Government Printing Office, 1870
Original from	the University of Virginia
Digitized	24 Feb 2009

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