The Iron Age 1883-03-22: Vol 31 Iss 12

‘The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by Davrp Writtrams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol XXX: No. 12. NV. ay ¥. ork, Thu Nee LL = — j rsday, March 22, 188}. $4.50 a Year, Including Postage Single Copies, Ten Cents. Management of Structural Steel. venience in handling, and, so long as they | affected. That this explanation of the ef- Serbos a skecdesareecessn 0.153 weld had proved itself stronger than the bar. a were all tested in the same direction, the fects of punching, shearing and hammering ot a p eo, Fig: 3 is a portion of the shank near the ; BY ALBERT F. HILL, C. E.* direction to the rolling could have no influ- | is the true one, is evidenced by the fact that | Manganese ..0.785 break, and shows well the reduction of area The proper annealing will destroy these effects and restore the material to its original con ence on the comparison of the results. and silkiness of fracture. first tests in each case were made upon three . 'o prove the soundness of the weld, a piece The manufacture of structural shapes in ‘ ‘ a ; : ie of the bar 314 inches diameter was severely To prevent decarburization and to render j steel of uniform quality and commanding the pieces, one. taken from about the middle dition. hammered under a 5-ton hammer and only , the welding places perfectly clean, various s full confidence of the engineer is a problem and the two others from the ends of the Table II contains a series of tests on the broke with the 29th blow, showing no weak-| Welding powders have been recommen ded, ’ in practical metallurgy which is beginning plate. The average strength thus obtained annealing effects in sheared and cold-ham ness where the welding had taken place. but have never come largely into use—for, was accepted as the strength of the original plate. These averages, as well as the average mered O. H. steel plates. Size of specimens, . : after all, a good and clean weld, be it in ¥% x 2x 18 inch, leaving 12 inches clear be iron or steel, depends upon the skill and the to attract much attention in this country. . In a series of experiments progress of the past few years in the made oe recently by myself upon die-forged eye which it was intended, On the other hand, mechanical treatment is frequently resorted to as an efficient corrective of vertain unde- sirable properties which may be due either to chemical eomposition or previous manipu- ls This understood and accepted, it is evident that careful of the effects of mechanical ation. ‘ - . investigation treatment is mportance of this discovery to the use of steel in struetures is very great. The im practicability of making use of annealing in riveted girder work, for instance, is too | evident to need discussion, while, on the other hand, to resort to drilling, so as to avoid the bad effects of punching, renders than the lighter ones. mens (again five of each carbon and of each thickness of plate) had the diameter of the holes enlarged by reaming .04 inch. The next 45 speci- | The next manipulation for which I shall ask your consideration is welding of the most that confront One serious obstacles jus in the adoption of steel for purposes of The fifth and sixth columns of the table | bridge and other construction is the distrust The heads of these bars were formed by th addition of two pile-pieces for each head to | As the experiments with these bars were to serve also the purpose of |a different demonstration, I shall revert to the original bar. A= As? he . . > . » ‘s ‘ impr vement of plant and processes has elongations, will be found in the =e Swe ow the tab of the testing machine, In I used O. H. steel, which showed to snaves intelligence of the blacksmith. Unfortu- slaced it within the power of the steel columns of Table I. (See page 3.) The Te- these experiments the specimens which had as follows . nately that dignitary is often only dogmatic Salas ip supply a material of such chemical ™aining parts were then cut up into sini'ar to undergo annealing were heated simulta Ingot 1st analysis and obstinate, ‘‘ knows all about steel,” and, yosition as will meet the requirements, | Strips, and a inch hole punched in the neously in a gas furnace and annealed in lime | Carvor jo therefore, cannot be taught anything. If t this solves only in part the difficulties of center of each strip Five specimens thus | for alx yut 15 hours As will be seen, the res ae — ' . 9.03 | the steel maker has furnished the construct- the constructor. It is well understood that | prepared were tested in each carbon and in | toration of the metal is in every case almost ioe : trace | img engineer with otherwise good steel, but the influence of shop manipulations is a most | each thickness of plate. The results of these complete, the ditferences in elastic limit and | Sulphur eae which, somehow or other, ‘ will not weld,” decisive one upon the mechanical properties | tests will be found in the next two columns elongation between the original plates and _Bar ad analysis.|the source of the trouble may safely be of the finished product—in many cases so of Table I, and an inspection of them shows the annealed ones being practically not ap- oe eae + . . SS sought for in the blacksmith shop. great, in faet, as to cause an entire trans- that the lowe r carbons are comparatively preciable, while the differences between the Ph apineneen : , ae 4 There is one point in welding steel which \ formation in the character of the material, | more injuriously affected by punching than | original and the sheared or punched plates | Silicon ‘ ; 0.02 | cannot be too strongly insisted upon, and that 3 and to render it unfit for the service for the higher ones, and the heavier plates more , is very considerable. Sulpbur ° 0 seeceses c.o45 | is that the pieces, after having been brought e | to welding point, should not be struck heavily | first until they have begun to weld; used with perfect freedom. heat. welding, if done by experienced hands wh iron, and the source the same in namely, bad workmanship with the hammer, but only tapped lightly at after |that the sledge or steam hammer may be Another impor- tant consideration in welding steel is the While it is impossible to give any specific rules on this point, the general rule, ° fully as necessary to the successful use of which will be found to hold good in all cases, ’ steel in engineering structures, as the inves- | is not to heat the steel any higher than is . tigationof the influence exerted by its chem- absolutely necessary to effect a weld—the ical eomposition. higher the steel is in carbon, the lower the All structural material has to undergo heat at which it ought to be worked ; hence more or less mechanical treatment, such as | necessitating heavier hammers—and next, shearing, punching, upsetting, &c. Each | not to finish the operation at too low a tem- of these operations produces effects which | perature. It will be best to work the steel are far more marked and decisive in steel as rapidly as possible, reheat as often as ; than they are in iron, and means must required to prevent working or finishing cold, therefore be adopted to counteract, or at and anneal immediately after welding the least to modify, these effects before the whole piece—not only the immediate vicinity material is permitted to enter the structure. —containing a weld. The annealing heat The fact that both shearing and punching | should always M higher than that at which 7 affect the tenacity and elasticity of steel has | the piece was finished 2. long been recognized, but through more re- | In the manufacture of eyebars the hy- a cent investigations it has been established | draulic upsetting process will, without doubt, > that these effects are purely local, and. are | be found to give the best results in steel, as r therefore suseeptible of correction by other | tara Pc Bs ch 4 it does in iron, yet I have no hesitation in and simpler means than annealing. The | For saying that the eyes may be formed by really understand the heating and treatment vf steel, without any greater risk of imper- fect welds than there is in iron. The danger from welding is no greater in steel than in both— 0. the work too costly. But of all the shop manipulations required As is well known, both punching and in the management of structural steels, an- shearing produce hardening effects upen nealing is, without question, the one of the J steel. These effects, however, extend over most importance to the engineer. Its cor- but a limited area in the immediate vicinity rective effects, in cases of local hardening, of the points where the operation takes occasioned by previous working of the ma- place. Thus Lieutenant Barba, in his ex- terial, are at present fully acknowledged and h periments with Terre Noire and Creuzot ° understood. But while there is no doubt of n steels, reached the conclusions : the beneficial results obtainable from care- . 1. That the effects of punching and shear- ful annealing, it must be conceded, on the ing are essentially local, and spread over only a very restricted region—Jess than .04 inch on the edges of the punched or sheared parts in plates less than .5 inch thick. 2. That annealing will correct the altera- tions caused by shearing or punching, and That the removal of about .o4 inch of the metal from the punched or sheared edge | wil destroy the effects of punching or shear- ing, and bring the metal back to the state it | would be in if drilling or planing had been resorted to in the first place. ixperiments made upon steel plates, the nalyses of which were known to me, and of the results of which you will find in uated form in this paper, have led me | that Lieutenant Barba’s conclu- | us, while unquestionably correct in gen-| inciple, are susceptible of modifica- “specially is this true of the assertion ‘at the removal of abcut .04 inch of the | ‘a: trom the punched or sheared edge believe Yr Fig. 1.—Head ef Eyebar After Fracture of Bar, Cut in Two, and Planed Down to Half Its Thickness. performed. Great care or partial decarburization, which the metal last worked. scarcity of recorded experiments on the atfects of annealing at various temperatures was indertake a series of tests of this nature. produced different effects upon steels of dit Fi ditions of heating and cooling in carbon and simultaneously but differing heated slowly percentaze, **#* | bring the metal back to the state : te a , nealea in lime for 12 hours. The average it would be in if drilling or planing had Fig. 2.—Welding Test. Welded Part Bent Cold After Annealing in Oil. results obtained frum these tests are cul- een resorted to in the firat place.” lected in Table III. From the result ob- ‘rom a series of about 200 tests, made tained there, it will be seen that the etfect of ‘view to find out exactly how much ld have to be removed around the MANAGEMENT OF STRUCTURAL STEEL. the same heat is greater in the lower carbons than in the higher ones, and that, therefore, edg f inched holes, or, in other words, | ; ; if we desire to act omplish by a ee tne What largement by reaming would be| show the results obtained by testing this | of its welding capacity. That thisdistrust is' them later on Meanwhile I desire tg call | same results - the . ~ rt sf = r i ae n to eradicate the effects of punch- | series, As will be seen, the enlargement by | founded far more upon prejudice than upon your attention to one of the welding tests t Apply & he 1» See gts a os cael “ ’ come to the conclusion that the | .04 inch effected the restoration only of the | fact is becoming more and more apparent which these bars were subjected. lhe piece ; Jusly near es the poin ction ee Te an f metal to be removed, if it is to| 44-inch and 34-inch plates in tha .30 C. and | with a clearer conception of the ditterence here shown (represented in Fig, 2) was | is apt to be foll wed by " ys at ae ) re 1e :2aterial, is not a fixed quantity, | that of the \4-inch plates in the .40C. The in the methods of working iron and steel. formed from two bat ends. The aS wend th 8 das ger, » will - ~ ph pee ~ s with the chemical composition of | next enlargement increased the diameter of | Again, the ‘‘carbon line becomes our brought under the hammer are seen cle 4 ane —— ° tet . . _— _ ane v8 ee a ind the thickness of the plate. | the holes by careful reaming .06 inch. We guide, and we soon find that the weldability open, while the welded portion 1s drawn out | carbons, to ree diate SLOG GENCEUOES SY ; vered by these tests comprised | find now the '4-inch plate in the .30 C., the | of steel is in inverse ratio to the carbon per- into a 34-inch square bar After welding tower semper wt ee 7 m ' e three distinct carbon percentages, | }-inch plate in the .go C. and the \-inch | centage—that is, the facility with which the wv e piece was heated to a dark cherry- | In endeavo a va ea a — “d each of these plates three dif-| plate in the .so C. restored. The enlarge-| steel may be welded to steel dimimishes as red and dipped in oil, where it was allowed | subject of proper aa Ampeg? ce tbe knesses were rolled. In the choice | ment of the diameter of the holes .o8 the metal approximates to cast ron with t Lh welded portion was next bent’ whose practice requires oom I I : percentages for these tests I was inch restores next the 44-inch .go C. and respect to the proportion of carbon; or louble while cold, and the whole cut in two,/to annealing, | Dit nim ares ; 7 ce ; ‘ the idea that it was of greater | the 34-inch .50 C. plates, while the '%-inch | what is equivalent, it increases as the metal longitudinally, in the planer ; the cut surface | divergent view i iffe e + me uta rs 0 . a to investigate the more highly .so C. plates, as is shown, required an en- approximates to wrought iron with respect being polish i, and not showing any imper- | who used steel — the same nil i of steels—the upper limits, asit were, largement of fully .1 inch. to the absence of carbon. Nevertheless, fection in the welding, this surface was sub-|the same grade and for the same p os, ai steels—rather than the lower While it is not claimed that these tests | steels far in excess in carbon percentage of sequently treated with acid, and this also | differed very decidedly as to the proper heat there was no question in my furnish conclusive data as to the requisite | any that can ever be used in construction failed to develop any weakness, as can be | required wo produce the de si ed eBect, a Lieutenant Barba’s experiments | amount of metal to be removed in all cases, | have been successfully welded by proper seen. There can certainly b ‘no question as | difference of opinion covering — =a upon low steels, and for such his | they certainly seem to be a very clear indi- | treatment. to the perfection of the weld range from black heat up to bright cherry. * undoubtedly hold good. In the cation of the direction which must be given It will probably be remembered by many Fig. 1 represents cut and polished sections I next proceeded to a. ¢ Bpe : nonts ae kness of plates, I was governed to the line of investigation in this field of present that at the Philadelphia Exhibition of one of the evyebar heads after fracture upon the same gra le of steel at different ‘ire to investigate primarily such constructive designing. The results given | the Swedish Sandvik Co. showed a series of As is § the head was cut 7 tw » songl- | temperaiures hese = - knesses as are likely to be of most must, however, be accepted as conclusive | steels, ranging from .60 C. tu 1.10 C., which tudinally first, and the polished surface of iu Table IV, and sh wr we ry | urrence in riveted steelwork. evidence of the restoration of strength ef- | had been successfully welded These steels this cut not showing any trace of weakness, steel the loss of tensile strengu 4s will be seenin Table I, we have fected by the enlargement of the holes by | were of the ordinary quality used at the although taken through the elon sated pin stretch ir in direct ratio a inch and 14-inch plates of .30 C. reaming, and that the enlargement requisite | works, and the welded pieces being polished hole, the other h ulf of the hea iw aS plane dj lied that * in ree a ) mee ame three thicknesses in .40C. and for this purpose varies with both thickness | at the place of welding showed in every down to about half its thickness, where by the l we of 8 re ith and gain in ductility : pen-hearth steel plates. ‘lhe p'ates of plate and carbon percentage. The bad /|case that the union was perfect From a id treatment the line of weakness sh on n are less han al hi ner tempera shout 18 inches in width, and all | effects of punching and shearing are due to! paper read before the Liverpool meetin n the illustration was developed It - = The diificulty of nstruc t naca 6 ‘ens were cut out in the planer the intense loval pressure produced by the | the Iron and Steel Institute in 1379, by Mr. be remembered, however, that this result suitable for a CRAG HOG vet ; — to the direction of rolling. This punch or the shears, which causes a solution | Ratliffe, of the Mersey Steel Works, 1 learn was obtained only subsequent to sae break- le i me to try the experiment of annealing in simply on account of greater con- | of the mechanically mixed carbon, and ef- | that he bias succeeded in welding mild Besse- ing of the bar; that lines of weakness must molten lead. Notwithstanding the fact that p. Bead before the Amsapiann Enotiinte a fects a real tempering of the parts subjected | mer steel forgings without any flux in the have been developed = aaa: Se — eth ote er Py wee ted = . ed res usta Tua oes at their annual meeting, Boston roe to these operations, and this causes the | same way as ordinary iron. This metal be- bar while being straine » I k ‘ ‘ the a eaten — oF. a ves Oy _" —- 7 98, 1983 . , jmarked increase in hardness of the parts fore welding showed to analysis : | since the bar broke in the shank, that the ably found the effects frog) this wotal bath tg other hand, that this treatment is liable to do more mischief than good unless properly must be exercised in the heating, in order to prevent oxidation It ought, when- ever possible, be performed in a gas furnace and at a temperature higher than that at The ’ more cr less rapidly applied, and under dif- ferent conditions of cooling, has led me to It was deemed desirable to es.ablish, in the first place, whether or not the annealing ferent carbon percentages under equal con- ¢ this pur- pose, specimens exactly alike in dimensivuns, were in @ gas furnace to a dark cherry-red, and then an- 2 THE IRON AGE. 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AMOS STECK, NOTARY PUBLIC, Real Estate Agent end Broker, GREENSBURGH, Westmoreland Co, Pa. FURNACE & ROLLING MILL COAL TRACTS A SPECIALTY. _8¥e now for sale five Coal Fields ‘n diffaent Pars of the county, Three—150, 35° and sov acres Uvely—are Coking Coal, and two, 250 and ° each, are Steam and Gas Coal ; ali having “ace drainage and adjoining Railroads, or nearly “eit. Prices according to location. Have ~“veral Shafting Fields in view, “spondence solicited. SMITH’S NEW MODEL — REVOLVERS. ae Gun and Hardware rade Everywhere. OTIS A, SMITH, Manufacturer, Rockfall, Ct. <> EMPIRE NUT CO. PITTSBURGG, PA. Hot Pressed eg | U TS. Monn ————Sinal_Sises_s Specialty. ‘RIS, WHEELER & CO., IR : STREEL & NAILS. he and OFFICES,| SALES OFFICES, Pay Sts, 400 Chestnut 8t., La. Pa, PHILA., PA. ‘Tere pgaress, 14 CLIFY 87, STEEL WIRE for ali purposes, and STEEL SPRINCS of every description. S > > a rt — h A > > > ma hd 4 > b 3 > a a > > S > s 2 Manufacturers of Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. CARWYW & MOEN, Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. 234, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, - IRON AND BRASS RIVETS, -:: : © Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., LP] sage BLAKE & ""EAE; Cc. W. & H. W. MIDDLETON, Selling Agents, 943-945 Ridge Ave. 908-910 and 926-928 Callowhill St. Philadelphia. J. A. EMERICK TABLISHED 1837. H. 8. Cuasz, Sec'y. Waterbury WATERBURY, For Manufacturers of Light Hardware, Shovel Steel, in bars, of special Pernot Open Hearth stock, strong, tough and sound. Will stand the most severe ‘‘plating-out,’’ and the finished product will not split, bend or curl up on the edge, but wear away gradually like a knife. tis used by the leading shovel makers. Address GAUTIER STEEL DEPT. of Cambria lron Co., Johnstown, Pa. [No. 30.] SEND FOR CIRCULAR. MOLDERS’ TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, J. A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA. Mig. CONN. Brass Goods, '00" RIVERSIDE FOUNDRY jc INGOT MOLDS, ANNEALING POTS, HOT BLAST PIPE, &c. WOLTMAN AT SCHWERTE, The largest Wire Works in the world. CASTINGS, ROLLS, LEVELAND, GBRMANY. WESTPHALIA, dimensions and descriptions. SCREW, RIVET, NAIL AND CHAIN RODS, SPECIALTIES, SOLE AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES: & MICKERTS, JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn.) « » NEW CHAIN. HOWARD EVANS. MROLLING MILL AND MACHINERY OHIY. Make, on 12 trains, STEEL AND IRON WIRE RODS of all sT. LOUIS, MO, S OF ANNEALING DIFFERENT CAKB Tasie IIIl.—ComparaTive Resv.t Average tensile resist moc s ance of 5 test-pieces £2 + $ in lbs., per sq. in. at | 2 &~ © he Se 7 <c = é Elas. lim Rupture . = * ; aapheaiaa acai Unannealed ioe nnn —_ j 43,400 76,400 24 j } zo 3 ye > 8 495 30 yO,9x ae oe _ Ma ~ y . 8 56,700 97,700 1 a -50 = Tapie 1V.—ComparaTive Resucts oF ANNEALING EFFrec STEEL oF UniFo S3 2 o Test Cold lade \P# Elastic limit per square inch 43,32 Ultimate per square inch 74.9 * |Per cent. elongation in one foot 20, Reduction of area, per cent Taste V.—ComparaTIveE ResuLTS OBTAINED BY COMPOSITION AND HEATED INCORPORATED 1876. | C. F. Pops, Treas. Co., | be exceedingly unsatisfactory, and T do not! ANNEALING IN iven their analysis, and will only repeat see at present any other solution for this | here, in short, that they were of .30 carbon difficulty than the construction of specially | steel, with built-up heads and die-forged designed annealing furnaces I further} The results of these tests are found in Table | found that many of the unfavorable results | VI, a a |of annealing could be directly traced to the Che steel for these bars was made at the nS method of cooling and to the want of proper | Otis Steel Works, of Cleveland, Ohio, and eee) | exclusion ofthe air. This led me toresort the eyebars were made under my personal a annealing in oil, and the results of a few of | supervision at the Passaic Rolling Mill Co.'s > Ss | i. ’ . . > 1 Ra ba } Tastes L—Comwparaeivs Tasts of rox Errecrs of EXtaraing Puncnep Hoes BY R#aMING IN Steer 2s ] PLATES OF VARIOUS CARBON PERCENTA A THICKNESSES >< a aca NS he Nat . } } 1 mS > late with Punched Punched Punched Punched > ee: = ¢ Orig. plate. punched hole . i 7 hole .75 in. hole .75 in. SN | § 8 Average hole .75 in. dia ! 1 ’ I lia. reamed dia., reamed a Ma % dian u . ia in. dia. to n. dia. > © wo ‘ a > 1 & es Ge be = ot > SO se | so 24 ; » ¢ = oY a. - |} @ ao = aau7 BS fa4-~ : : g = 2a 5 4 * Zeca. » wae at f > 2 as ie: & oo ~ So28 we” “sols &~ : - a tw” | a = She wvo~m mh oa Ss = _ ate ' © =) > 2 BEGacs v 5 e =x < — + ~ » | Se HE asenrea~ =& i . 2a NEW YORK.|__-___ = 7 : : oe Nona - 20.2 4 % be) x | yy’) - 82,900 I I { » | 40 4} a | 86,500 [15.9 4 4 1 1s 7 89, 80x 13.0 6: 4 4 3 11.7 | yY" HM! 8 14 14 4 co 1 » oa 88,500 (13.1 71,200 3. 74.1 8 11.9 | *. 91,800 Tr.4 69 7 3 Sr.4 4-7 92, yoo 10.@ aoe = ze oa) Wie \ | Tasis [].—AnweaLora EFFECTS ON SHEARED AND HAMMERED O. Hi. Street Prats. |_—_——$$ — ag eee Average tensile resistance of 5 test ; | o pir } in pounds per square inch of | da of section at c= S $ Treatment of test pieces | eq as Pencarian — — & og } «as Elastic Limit Rupture | © } 30 Specimens cut in planer 4 86,7290 19.1 } i) Specimens sheared out ) 69,276 | Ly 30 Specimens sheared out and annealed 44 84,95 | 20.2 30 Specimens hammered cold, then cut ! out in planer.. 85,38 } 24 | jo Specimens as above and annealed 82,97 16.8 eek eee ae a = ime ie Riaictiin - .40 Cut in planer 4 89,88 16.4 40 Sheared out 4l 7$,400 8.3 40 Sheared out and annealed 1.4 86,32 16.7 .40 Hammered cold,then cut out in planer 64.1 87 j 2.3 40 |Hammerd,anueal'd then cut in planer 61,71 85,8 j 14.1 qeeremnanente! Gene cies _ |——_———-—— 50 Cut in planer 62,070 93,210 | 11.4 50 Sheared out baa ; 49:9 82,93 | 5.3 .§0 Sheared out and annealed 92,500 18.0 ge Hammered, then cutin planer 91,810 oF 50 Hammered cold, then annealed and | cut in planer 90,620 j 8.t Errects UnpeER Unrrorm Heats upon STEELS OF ON PERCENTAGES Average tensile resist £° ae ance of test-pieces) £5 ~ 5 in Ibs., per sq. in. at © > Sw & > - 408 Remarks Elastic limit | Rupture . = Annealed. Fractures fine and silky > 3,2 a9 throughout. } Fracture ‘ ) 2a as above. | Fracture 48, 80. JO, 70% 16 very good. Ts AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES UPON RM COMPOSITION Atdark At bright black at at , ‘cher ry cherry Remarks, site red red 1» ¢ 220 €2,89 3 Averages of four pieces at each tem 23 28 perature, 44 LIME AND IN OIL, STEEL oF UNIFORM TO THE SAME TEMPERATURE 3) ; : a Heated to Dark Heated to Bright g Cherry (Cherry | & & Test Cold Remarks d ' 3) Annealed Annealed Annealed Annealed 14 in Lime in ¢ in Lin in Ou he = Elastic limit per square Inch 50,18 ‘ 45 4 y The figures in o Ultimate per square inch t each case rep 7 resent the Per cent. elongation average of five tests Per cent. reduction of area 4 46.3 Tapix VI.—Tests Resvvrs gF Ey We.togeo Heaps Die Foregep anp DivFeERENTLY aginctanaicion ht EI rey 4M * oe: 29 Se § | Ss\ er ida & »|.| @al\gv ooo? Sai SEist c4 és on \ e| =| St =~ Broke Remarks, iS Ma £78 3S m cme. Lae E £ S |< $e ~ a ae - | a Per sq. in. BE Es oO of section. (Cg Oo ei a — ---— —— ee } | A 25.780 62,790 16 42.5 inches from in-hole v-re } 12: ss ot asc 6s. se fpehes from'4 Anneal d y-red in hot ashes pin-h 16% inches f m pin-t f rry-red ne ashes D | 28,030 € 1 44.2 About mid e i i & bal | ~| Ej 32,330 68,760 20.5 46 About mid f | bar i red F | 33.580 67,990 12.2 45 8 About! | ba ‘ 143.999 70,350 88.9 - rom ori i ur efore work 2 | 43,980! 70,690 22 541.4 : : a , ce | the teste made by this mode of annealing are rk f Ps } J Th were the given in Table V As is seen ther tl evel ‘ nad I ind results obtained in this way are | lar tn i i alin au l f ties I most satisfactory and the least varialle \ nt of the novel f vork, might These tests were all made on sma!! i ha be er x] h rs were mens, and in order to find out if the conclu ) t for hydraulic wy t 1 had sions reached in this way would be borne out therefore to be set by | | 1 heated in in full-size bridge members, I had some eye- an ordinary blacksmit ire, requiring at bars made and tested at the Watertown each end from three ur heats. Next, Arsenal. the building up of the heads with tw ) pieces Ihave already referred to these bars and required as many more heat It will there psa — fF. T's ae THE IRON AGE. March 22, 1883, OGDEN & WALLACE,|4. B. Warner & So, Q X F ORD W.D. WOOD & COS Iron and Steel aren ERGHANTS, | IRON AND NAIL CO. cr croy ancnpomn sere 1 IRON & STEEL BOILER PLATE. (Court WNiails Agents for Park Brother & Co.'s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. BOILER TUBES, AND Ali sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel constaatty Angle, Toe and Girder Iron, on band Boiler and Tank Rivets. S P / K IKE S. = ae ae nee oe oa > —— Sole Agents for the celebrated | PATENT PIERSON & UP a, SEE, Miten Abeat Planished Sheet Lron. osrands of Iron. Alsoal! descriptions of Plate, Sheet, NEW YORK. and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Lovemotive | ————_——__________—- Patented March 14th, 1865 ; Apr . sess = , a JOHN W. QUINCY & CO.,|,Smimmeeiew'inns | STEEL TOE CALKS 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St. |ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS,| 06 winiam street, New York. | mpng ren far cnau veamecusitothe ROME, N. ¥., ’ ’ : IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel NEW YORK CITY. ieiniicmmnasat Gen best grade of . Bar lron, Bands and Fine Hoops. dcrolis, Ovals, Half Ovals, Half Rounds, ao ane Horse Shoe Iron. Also from Charcoal a su _ or es of Iron branded J.G. All puddied balls a saged 3” so pet, nee may be sent to the mill oF toJ. 0. CA NTER, our Agent, at 59 Joh Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, ona ata much tees prive Wroug 4 Scrap, Cut Nails, Copper, FOR SALE BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &ec. by all the principal } HARRISON&GILLOON METAL DEALERS) sreex PLATES, all descriptions, Seroon, wow! Vas. n e Large es roughou ' IRON AND METAL DEALERS, THE UNITED STATES, Cut Nails and Spikes, Plate and Sheet 558, 560, s62 WATEH 8T., & 32, 364, 300 CHERRY BT., And 0s thelr Gon, Iron, all descriptions, All Sizes and ‘Shapes kept in Stock, , Pn “—|FOX & DRUMMOND, ABEEL BROS., RAILWAY 190 SOUTH 8T., | 365 WATER ST, i NEW YORK. AND “ULSTER” IRON, “CATASAUQUA” 1RON,;,ROLLING MILL ALLENTOWN SHAFTING, MATERIAL. COMMON IRON, 68 WALL STREET, And fall assortment of sizes of the best brands of er fore the following: 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. | SHOENBERGER & 00, “ea nave on hand, and offer Seotch and Ameri roan i Hon, Wrought, Cees and | <p — za Weil ead toner tabatee te SYRACUSE MALLEABLE BURDEN’S IRON WORKS, wT NAILS SYRACUSE, N. Y. ' oo” HORSE SHOES Mower and Reaper Castings ion aie . ws", .O 3 ee REFINED IRON, e Band, Hoo , Scroll and Angle Iron, Cast, Spring, NEW YORK. and Carriage Irons a e - Toe-Calk and 8. 8, Ste ee ee ee KP %9 < reternone caut,“Nassav,s” |Marshall Lefferts & Co., "B d 4 vy Specialty. we ae : 90 Beckman St., New York Oity, ul en esi Ww. B. BURNS, Proprietor, o + wee A. R. WHITNEY & CO., selenite saunceninanpeeie cna tie tee Ss Manufacturers ot and Dealers in = C. Ww. LEAVITT, NEW YORK.” LFRON [atanized Sheet Iron) Iron ace W.K. ROSS, Pest Bloom, Best Refined and Common. Rails and Railway Equipment Galvanined Wira.slograph and Fance Galvanised PIG and BAR IRON, OLD RAILS and SCRAP. Salesman, AGENCIES: Boop eee ul, Galt peed Sat pee es General Agent ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS. Pe oamniauens Agent for PARDEE CAR & MACH. WORKS. Office $ 97 Chambers St, NEW YORK. PORTAGE IRON CoO., Limited, Merchant Iron. SAMSONDALE IRON WORKS, Merchant Iron. NORW at Ce A AND STEEL WORKS, Homo paf' st. SraTe IRON CO., Tank, Boiler ard Girder CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c., Galvanised, Plain or Painted Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. Plate and Tank Iron, C No, 1,0 o. 1, G H No, 1 Flange, Best Flange, pad Fiance Fire Bex, Circles. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to Order. Price list and quotations sent upon application. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 63 Wall St., New York. Boiler Rivets. KENNEL L _KEVSTONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, Manufacturers of The Burden Iron Company SCQTCH PIG IRON) xxROw Teh |] FORSALEIN LOTS TO SUIT, | Z#t=Pareb._-_-_-_Pa EGLESTON BROS. & C0.. EDWARD J. WESSELS Bonnell, Botsford & Co., 166 South Stet ey sleet dee SOLE AGENT FOR THE lron, Nails & Spikes, 267 wa UNITED STATES, URDEN’S 17 Cedar St., - - NEW YORK. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. _F. W. JESUP & CO., —|CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON H. B. & Ss. - |Railway Supplies and Equipment. ROOFING & SIDING, No. 67 Liberty St... NEW YORK. ULSTER BAR IRON, Agents NASHUA, IRON AND STEEL CO, ee eine, Bool MoE OE Skylights, Bridges, &¢. KE. P. NAILS CO., Wire N BRANDY WINE ROLLING: MILL, Boiler Plates. FLASGOW TUBE RKS, Boiler Flues. A. M. BYERS & con Wron ht Iron Pipe CARNAGIE BROS. & C Limited, Wrought Iron Beams, Channels and Shapes. P’aus and estimates furnished, and eontracts ale for erec Iron Structures of every descrip- Dn. Books containing cuts of all [ron made seat OL Fe Sng ma by mail Sample pieces at office. Please address 58 Hudson Street, New York, BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants, 70 & 71 West St., 1 3. JOrRt — NEW YORK. fr. L. FREELAND, Agents for the sale of Fall River tron Co.’s Nails, ULSTER IRON WORKS. All a > eam stHkt hhoiten Flat haa ySTERL ALLES, MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF ©0., Bands, Hoops & Rods, 90 Broadway, New York. Am, & Eng, Ref’d eee lron,&c CLE NGARNOCK AND CARNBROE SCOTCH Pig IRON AND ba —_—_—_—_—_—_—_————— Mini Cc ’ . Po FRANK L. FROMENT so eccumbertend Coste, | uckerman, Mulligan & CO} LAG Ae sone nen et hw Oreane Toraenletstoant ie | eeuaaih "AN s NEW YORK JAMES LEE & CO., Sole Agents for the United States. Pencoyd Iron Works, Stes 12 Pine Street, NEW YORK. = 101 MILK Street BOSTON. MASS. ssecegnsroes toes Co.~ 4, LEECHBURG IRON WORKS Cumberland Coals. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & Co,, |CARMICHAEL & EMMENS 130, 132 & 134 Cedar St., New York, and Sen as, ao oc 7 West Like St. Chicago, Ill. ; IRON MERCHANTS IRON AND STEEL. BOILER PLATE, | Stitt Water Cow Iron Beams, Hoop & Band Iron, KIRKPATRICK & CO Cor, Albany & Washington Sts. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c. &c. W. S. MIDDLETON, eiaeeananeae oth erates of ~ aw SORE GEEP. ree eee cil iran Go. Tbe Laurel Rolling mits : ° FINE SHEET IF ONS, cial we, mornun | enton tees Brokerin Machinery & [ron | st oe oe as ———— | OFFIOR. No, 143 First Ave., Pitteburgh, Pa. ___ WORKS, Leechburg, P+ DANIEL W. RICHARDS & CO,, FORSTERS CRUSHER & PuLvERZER, 9" CSE ee iS HUBER AND. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC W.S, MIDDLETON, 52 John St.,N.¥.| 9 66 , ohn St., SHERIDAN, LEESPORT,” | ame wae smell SCRAP IRON. RAILS, STEEL AND METALS, B. F. JUDSON, . pct aa OE Bi — ‘“*NEW RIVER MINERAL” BRAND* Importer of and Dealer tn vE SCOTCH AND AMERICAN hee ved BRANDS OF SCOTCH PIC IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE Old Car Wheels, Best Brands. —=s_——— 46 CH Street, New York City, _ Pigs Iron, yamEes w. RosSS, IMPORTER OF AND FURNACE AGENT FOR OLD METALS. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON. MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT OF Yards and Office, 88 to 96 Mangin St., NEW YORK. Danizt W Bicmanee. Morton B. Smita. oo -—— — PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., ravy Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Angles, lees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, Forg ings, Eye Bars, &o. 457 & 459 Water Stes | NEW YORK. | Bar Iron, Car Wheels, Axles, Rails and Railroad Supplies. Sy na N. .J. SUS G S00 CORED Chey SOLE AGENT neon sane eee —_—!Manhattan Rolling Mill, WHITAKER IRON COMPANY, OF WHEELING, W. VA., MANUFACTURERS OF i | @HEET IRON, TANK AND FIRE BED, — 4 U N NAI i L S, J. LEONARD, | 36 BEARBORN STREET, CHICAGO. _ ALEXANDER BURNS. , Ma 445 to 451 West St, 177 &179 Benk St., | -_ JomN J. Stowers, President. THE JERSEY CITY GALVANIZING CO. Channels, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, “due, NEW YORK, Leak Scesedilicianaaiiaii HORSE SHOE IRON CALVANIZED MATERIAL OF ‘EVERY greonirrie® DOVER LRON CO.S Tee Gall @tecl. J Galvanized Sheet Iron—Best Bloom, Be st efned, Comaon.” Galvan - i: yund, Squ nand O° Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. | All Stees BoiIiteaenr RIVETS, | sae Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. | DANIEL F._ COONEY, “o™ 'BOILER PLATES AND SHEET IRON, | LAP-WELOED BOILER FLUES, 1% to 5 inches. o natenlerpreedie ie a ee = EU i i ER at Ss & CO | Bolter Rivets, Angle & T Iron, Cut Nails & Spikes. | ~ planeta dinicenes Seiseeiioeinsianeeeamenste aco S| ring "irae “we ~ jorkee 1 Lebanos y idotlin ng Milla.” Chester Corrugated Sheet [ron a Specialty Gelvanized, Black and Painted. Iron Corrugated ‘°° oe Estimates furnished on applicatio yew YORK’ = 3 Tube C Albany & Re " & Steel Co.'s 139 Greenwich Street, New York, FE eoraies bola ates Homogeneous beet, Boller | WORKS, GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY, N. h OFFICE AND WAREHOUSEgSS JOHN STREET) X MI Rails, SHE Sy 43S JUsy March 22, 1888. THE IRON AGE. - j R . ] HENRY LEVIS & CO. Edw + = Bt - JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS. Siemens’ Regenerative ‘eq |t0u socetansee commemon umacetne.| SOUSTICE COX, JR, & CO., Manufacturers Ag ents 922 8. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ena. cmaee mekescmne axe BAS FURNACE, nmncesrsceSerc|r Ser apg fanaa ton | em nice . sheet Inen ane Geneeel Raway Agent forthe’ Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. RIOHMOND & POTTS, | cis nats aries and Wises boueht omit. |MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK,| *"*,20:82%2, 01, Sp; Hite, 1198, Fourth Gtx PHILADELPHIA, PA. ee ene eee _| The Allentown Iron Co. and the CATASAUQUA MFG, CO,’S Greenwood Rolling Mill. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD The Cambria Iron and Steel Wor ks, so Dmamrine Aenren weave Castowinss arnzsr, | Shenandoah (Va) Best Charcoal Blooms nnec rac > 7 > cack navamsa one” pe No. 294 So. Fourth St., I HILA DEL P. /HIA, Having enjoyed for over TWENTY-FIVE YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality of o [ A K EY & W A [ B A U M, RAILS eee 9 Importers and dealers In 206 Ss. Fourth Stes PHILADELPHIA, have 200 on enamel cotecte of 55 & 57 Pine Street, New York, FOREICN & NATIVE GENERAL MERCHANDISE BROKERS 930,000 Tons of Iron and Steel Rails, Splice Bars, &c. BESSEMER ORES. |ygew AND OLD RAILS, ADDRESS, CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, PIC IRON ENCLISH FIRE BRICK. BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIG, No. 218 South 4th Street, Philadelphia. 20534 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA. Spiegeleisen lron Ores Or at the Works, JOHNSTOWN, PA. 142 Pearl St, 57 Gracechurch St, 67S, GaySt,| AND RAILROAD SUPPLIES GENERALLY. Or LENOX SMITH, New York Selling Agent, 46 Pine St., N. F. NEW YORK, LONDON. — BALTIMORE. Sole Agents for the United States for THE PHCENIX IRON CO., «emer. Dealers in at Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Scrap Iron, Metals and Machinery, A | & T B Cor. South and Penn Sts., Philadelphia, Offer for sale, in lote to sult, Red or Yell Heav Beams, Deck Beams, Channe S, ng e ee ars, coven Brass ; tagot ae, best qualities, Famak Gai ‘nT 1 ict ) on;8 e P ) STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, shafting Pulleys, Ze. Waghtnery and’ Tools variees Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. descriptions. Cash paid for Scrap Iron and Me te als. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, Isaac V. LLoyp. Jas. G. LINDSAY. and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, LLOY D & LI N DSAY PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, Ne. 888 Walnut St. pmanerin, and built up shapes for Fron Bridges. Brokers aud General Dealers in REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order. Iron and Steel, Railway Equipments and Co., Limited. Bessemer Pig Iron, brand ‘* YULVE RSTON.”’ Malleable Pig Iron, brand ** UY, H. M."’ N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S DINAS FIRE BRIC KS, JEROME KEELEY & CO. 206 Walnut Place, Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, BAk IRON, SHEET mon STEEL and TRON RAIL S IRON CL AD th, RAI. S and BARS, MAGNE TIC and HEMATITE TRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL and VOKE. MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Rails, vand C Iron &c. Examine and negotiate sales of Iron and Coal prepares. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. Supplies, Bar, Plate and Sheet Iron, Pig | HO w NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. Iron, Rails and Fastenings, Muck Bars, » H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons, BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. Bleoms, Boller Tubes, Wrought Iron Pipe, &c. : Uld Rails and Scrap Iron. , E. H. WILSON & CO., 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia, BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. ALAN WOOD é& CoO., “|. 0. RICHARDSON. MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Plantshed, Galvanised, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bloom No. 232 Dock St., Philadelphia, PLATE # SHEET IRON,|, | ae No. 619 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pig Iron, Merchant Bar Iron and Iron Ores Orders solicited es pecially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, eee = Tank and Boat Iron; La and Boat Iron ; Last, ast, Stamping, Ferruie Ferrule, Locomotive », Locomotive Headlight and JacketIron, and Jacket Iron. J. a. MOHR . JAS. ROWLAND & C0. Sheridan, ‘tee Temple, Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, =» Millcreek and Mt. Laurel 920 North Delaware Ave., - PHILADELPHIA, | BESSEMER, FOUNDRY AND FORGE ig NO sednonin. por IRON. ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. | 1:0 wainue a, purnanecenra, Pa. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Renaneton Aa eut from G. A. HEBERTON. 8. FRANK SUARFLESS. HEBERTON & CO their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Selling Agents and Commission Merchants Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flate, Bands and Hoop For the sale of Iron. Pig, Bloom, Plate, Bar, Scrap, Galvanised, Black, Sheet, Pipe and failroad PENCOYD IRON WORKS. IRON. No. 220 So. 3d 8t., Phila. Tr A. & P. ROBERTS & CO., ou ee + LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TIRES, Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL. Zt STANDARD. ¢ Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed. Prices as Hie as an ey ee Cy We manufacture eav. aht Forgin, riving and Car / xiles, rank Pins, Piston R« a. he. ° Works at Lewistown, Pa, Office, 330 S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., Iron Merchants & Railway Equipments. 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. facture f ee Iron Brokers and Commission Merchants, Le CAR AXLES. es Sole Agents for BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. | PER IRON anes @0. Chester, N. J. | 0 . ts for the sale of Glamo Iron. yO ND COKE Co., »be. fice, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia Agents for the rgan Pig RIDGEVIEW COAL AND COKE CO., Latrobe. Sale cenctn Ghenmees taint anth Ohne teem acta J 0. BOYLE’S CONNELLSVILLE COKE. HARBISON & WALKER'S FIRE BRICKS. | fron. “Celebrated ** Glepaea aL grades of Plate | MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES a Spectalty. | brands for fire boxes and difficult flangin Pig and 7 Bar Iron, Rails and all shapes in Iron. Guotations given on Bridge and Building Specifications. J. W. PAXSON c& CO., — L. &@ R. WISTER & CO,, ETHELBERT WATTS, DEALERS IN IRON BROKERS. (ron BROKER AND ComMis- MoOUL, DIN CG SAIN D, eee SION MERCHANT, 1021 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., Agents for the Clearfield Fire Brick Oo.’s No. 326 Walnut St., Philadelphia. lron and Brass Founder, | *™ ovr to Chilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty |r. 4. comy, Treas. J. Wasuxy Puuiaas, Agent C