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Manufacture of iron and steel in relation to other industries
โ Scribed by Harbord, F. W.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1909
- Weight
- 1007 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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โฆ Synopsis
I n thc industrinl dcrclopiiicnts which tlic last 100 ycnrs hnrc witncsscd, I thinlt wc niny clnini tlint tlic gwnt indnstry of iron niid stccl stnnds nniong tlic first. In 1600, just orcr n liiindrcd ycnrs ngo, tlic totnl ~~rotluction of tlic world did not cscccd 800,0UU tons of pig iron pcr nnnnnt, \vhilc in 1907 tlic nnniinl ~irotluction hnd rcnclicd tllc totnl of 68,973,000 tons of which 60,617,000 tons wcrc conrcrtctl into steel, n product unlinow~i in tlic Inotlcrn fiensc nt tlic coninienccnicnt of tlic ninctccntli ccntiiry. This cnornions ontpnt of pig iron rcqnind iipproxi~nntcly 12~,00U,0UO tons cf iron ore nntl ~irobnbly not lcss tbnn !)5,000,000 tons of cod, npnrt froni thnt nscd B I I I J S C ~I I C I I ~I ~ during its innnufnctnrc into wronglit iron nnd steel.
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