The Iron Age 1883-06-14: Vol 31 Iss 24

The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WILLIams, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XX XI: No. 24. New York, Thursday, June 14, 1883. $4.60 a Year, Jucluding Postagh SKngle Copies, Len Cents. Blowing Engines Works. cylinder has a diameter of 30 inches, a/ brawny men stood ready to feed the flinty stroke of 3 feet, and is fitted with gun-metal | food into the iron jaws of the giant. Capt. According to the London Engineer, to | liner, foot and delivery valves. Figs. 3 and| Heber Squier, the representative of the which we are indebted for the engravings |4 (page 3) and 5 and 6 (page 5) represent | Gates Iron Works, was on hand to superin- accompanying this article, English engineer- | plans of the engines at different points, and, | tend operations. The machine was started ing firms have of late received a consider- taken in connection with the particulars ' up, time was called, a mass of rock was) able amount of work from France, and | above given, will clearly explain their gen- | poured with a roar into the mouth of the French contracts for locomotives and heavy | eral arrangement. |monster, and the fun began. The iron! stationary engines have been executed by | I ~ |jaws were not given a moment’s rest. several leading firms. The accompanying | Competitive Trial of Stone Breakers. | Every chink and opening that appeared was illustrations are from working drawings for | promptly filled, and the rock was fairly a pair of compound high and low pressure crowded in. Some one ventured the opinion The Meriden (Conn.) Press-Recorder of | condensing blowing engines for high fur-| May 31 gives the following account of a|that the machine would be clogged or naces, which have been constructed by an | competitive trial of a Gates against a Blake- | checked by crowding it so, but the perspir- English firm for the Société Anonyme | Marsden crusher : ing captain only smiled and jammed in des Mines de Fer de ]’Anjou et des Forges The scene at the time of the trial was very | another chunk the size of a bowlder. The de St. Nazaire, near Nantes, France. | interesting. The quarry is in one of the | machine never for an instant let up on its These engines have been constructed from | most picturesque spots within the town, al-| steady motion. It seemed to be perfectly French designs, and except that in construc- | beit the ravages of the Carpenter Brothers, | irresistible, and its huge jaws might have tion they are built with greater strength | in their insatiate search for rock, have torn | been properly labeled, ‘‘ Abandon hope, all than similar engines made in France, they | the front off one of the hills, giving it a wild |ye who enter here.” With the steadiness of a may be taken as fairly good representative | and devastated appearance as it presents pendulum the machine received, crushed and | Fig. 1.—Front View. BLOWING ENGINES FOR FRENCH pes of French ideas. They consist of two| its torn and jagged surface to the relentless vertical engines, the one having a high-| blows of the blasters. The hill seems to be | his stalwart crew sweated and toiled, and the | ressure cylinder 32%-inch bore, the other | one solid mass of trap rock, which sometimes | spectators wondered and applauded. In @ low-pressure cylinder 51-inch bore, with | crumbles under the persuasion of a crowbar, | exactly 2014 minutes the car was full of the ‘he respective piston-rods each connected to’ and then yields only to the persistent pound- | broken rock and the stone-stuffers ceased Wing cylinders having a 79-inch bore,|ing of steam drills and the penetrating | their labors. The contractors looked pleased, but the captain was radiant. ‘The machine ‘nd both steam and blowing pistons have a| ow of gunpowder. Over the face of the r ay a hundred or more men | had performed its work half a minute quicker than he had predicted. ‘‘I will give the roke of 5 feet 3 inches. The engines are) ledge yeste constructed that one can be discon | were scattered, industriously picking chunks Blake-Marsden machine 65 minutes to do the same work,” he said. The rival crusher was ected frou the other, and, in the case of|of rocks for the crushers, rattling and t igh-pressure, worked as an indepen-| crunching below. The hills echoed with high-pressure engine, while the low- | the sounds of the breaking rock and puffing| then started up and t ree or four men p ive engine can be worked as a con-| engine, adding to the impression of energy | crowded the rock into it to its fullest capac- Coising engine, the steam in this case|and strength gained by watching the work | ity. The question as to which machine ~ ‘ng reduced by a suitable reducing valve. | in progress. would win was settled in two minutes. The 'n the intermediate pipe connecting the; A good many spectators were present at | amount discharged into the car was very “igh and low pressure cylinders is fixed | the contest yesterday, including Mayor Doo- | meager compared with the volume that had “" inter-heater having a surface of 425) little and prominent contractors both from | poured out of the Gates crusher. The crowd _ uire feet. The steam valves are on the | this and other cities. The watch was held | began to thin, all expectation of a close con- | °rnish system, the exhaust valves of both| first over the Gates crusher, time to be/|test being ended. The captain proved a ‘v'nders having a constant lead and lift. | given when a carload, or nine yards, of rock | close guesser, for it took the Blake crusher crushed to the size used in ballasting had | 6414 minutes to do the same work. The committee who had charge of the contest was composed as follows: W. W. he inlet valves are controlled by means of Wright, of the Bradley & Hubbard manu- at ‘pecial trip gear, designed by the builders for} been finished. The empty car was rolled “utting off the steam from every point, | under the discharging trough of the machine, ranging from .1 to .8 of the stroke. The an immense pile of great chunks of rock was top Re TRON | that for French Iron | le pump in connection with the low-pressure | in readiness for the trial, and half a dozen | factory, Meriden; P. Callanan, a contractor of South Bethlehem, N. Y.; J. S. Lane, road master of the Hartford division of the N. Y., N. H. and H. R. R. ; Simon Ingersoll, president of the Ingersoll Mfg. Co., Stam- ford, Conn.; Isaac Skidgell, official boiler inspector of Meriden. After the contest they met and signed the following report : MERIDEN, Conn., May 30, 1883. The committee met at the quarry of the Messrs. Carpenter Brothers, on the above date, to investigate the merits of ag x 14 Gates ore crusher, and a Blake crusher, with Marsden’s improvements, gx 15. The Gates crusher was first run with the follow- ing result : Amount of stone crushed, yards. Snes Time used in crushing, minutes............... 20% The Blake crusher was then run with the following result : Amount of stone crushed, yards,............. 9 Time u «din crushing, minutes .............. 64% The crushers received and discharged the ft = \° Ce mh x | a) A)! — i: | | Le a—s . = hel =e 7 . some || aaiaseenhend Fig. 2.—Side View. WORKS, The machines were run from the same shaft. [Signed by the Committee. | hes Eee The Slag Industry. Under this head an English paper states there are now machines in opera in Great Britain that will turn out 10,000 to 12,000 slag bricks per day. These bricks are described as being strong, perfectly uniform in size and re quiring less mortar than ordinary bricks. The molten slag is run into molds direct tion from from furnaces ranged round a rotary table, or by grinding the material and mixing it with sand, and then pressing. Both bricks and slabs are found well adapted for railway platforms, buildings (of all kinds, baths, drainage pipes and roads, being more durable than ordinary stone. Besides dwelling upon the utilization of blast-furnace slag in the form of the well known mineral wool, now so extensively used, the paper in question says that there — qos appears to be no reason why slag should not be utilized for ornamental purposes, seeing that it is produced in nearly all colors, and the cost would be trifling. Slags from hematite ore, containing a certain pro- portion of manganese, give the tint of the amethyst in the vitreous parts, but by cer- tain means that color is made to disappear and is replaced by a pearly white pumice one. Under different conditions the same furnaces give a slag of a dark green color. There are nearly all shades of blue and green, and there are light greens as well. An opalescent slag is usually found where there is a considerable quantity of alumina in the ore, while the ores of the coal measures give an alternation of shades, with dark green or blue stripes, sometimes run- ning into one another, while an excess of lime gives a slag of a dull stony character. With protoxide of manganese, found in con- siderable quantities in spathic ores, in some ‘instances to the extent of from,8 to 10 : " | & discharged the rock, while the captain and {same siged stone, and same kind of stone. [per cent., a violet color is produced, and yellow or dark green by proto-sulphide of manganese. A bright blue is met with in the Swedish slags, and looks well, and is attributed to various matters in the |ores, probably sulphide of manganese. The 'colors of the slag, however, vary with their composition and the conditions under which the furnaces are worked, but the |slags produced from furnaces with light 'burdens and making gray iron are usually white or gray. Where the burden, however, is heavy, and the temperature not so high, |they are usually black, their vitreous char jacter and fluidity increasing in proportion |to the amount of silica in the ore. There is no difficulty found in getting the slag into a fluid state and casting it in molds. At | present, however, the utilization of the slag, or blast-furnace refuse, as it is generally termed, is principally confined to the making of bricks, slabs, slag sand, shingle for con- crete, paving blocks, mortar, glass bottles, and the fine slag wool, or silicate cotton, for which there is now a large demand, ANSONIA BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Clift Street, Phelps Buikding, NEW YORK, MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c. Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms. PURE COPPER WIRE Kilectrical Purposes, Bare and Oovered. Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF German. Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs; Waterbury ‘Brass Co, CAPITAL, $400,000. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, GERMAN SILVER, Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, COPPER RIVETS AND BURS, BRASS KETILES, Door Rail, Brass Tags, Brass Butt Hinges, Jack Chain, Kerosene Burners, 18 Murray Street, New York. ROOFING PLATE, Bheet tron Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zino, &o. MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER AND BRASS. CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. Seamless and Brazed Tubing, Copper and Iron Fivets. OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, Clocks & Fly Fan Movements, PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS, Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills, BRAZIERS’ AND SHEATHING COPPER, ROLLED, SHEET & PLATERS’ BRASS GERMAN OR NICKEL SILVER, Copper Wire for Electrical and other purposes, Brass and German Silver Wire, Copper Rivets and Burs, COPPER BOTTOMS FOR TEA KETTLES AND BOILERS, Cor, Larned & Fourth Sts., Detroit, Mich. ROME IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- aod manufacturing Metal Gvoc MANUFACTORY, Bridgeport, Conn WaREHOUSE, SCOVILL MFC CO BRASS, HINCES WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. BUTTONS, CLOTH AND METAL. ST. LOUIS, MO., MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF STEEL AND IRON DEPOis, FACTORIES, . ' per and German Silver mo Zoe SERS | coma taecenn | BU ela COPPER & BRASS RIVETS AND BURS. Rome, New York. DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO., Importers of ——S Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Capper, BROWN & BROTHERS, ae ies ol Wire, Zinc, Ete. 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Waterbury, Conn, | 49 CBamber= St 18 peserel St. 29 & 81 Clift &., cor. eulton, Manufacturers of all kinds of DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool, = NEW WORK. THE NEW HAVEN COPPER Co., SOLE MAKERS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12, 1876, ALSO MANUFACTURERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, COPPER AND GERMAN SILVER In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing. Rivets, and Burs, Ktc. ALSO, Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. German Silver Spoons, Kerosene Burners, &c. Tees ubtBe Bonen warned sas" | SOHAL DAVOL & SONS. BRAZIERS & SHEATHING COPPER, |“ "°**{ Steet sete recon, VOL PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, SILVER-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in mch| Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., designs. Dealers in Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c. 200 Peari Street - NEW YORK. A. ©. NORTHROP, Waterbury, Conn., NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS FOR HARDWARE TRADE. W reught Iron and Brass Machine Screws H Screws; Brass and iron Safet y ana Jack Chain; ait, ‘Mickel Paved an} Broges %. from Sheet — Steel or Kstimates on paten ied articles, or any desoription of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited anu Ingot Copper, Spelter, Lead, Tin, Antimony, Solder & Old Metals, __—_—«808 Sohn John Street, New York. PASSAIC ZING CO. Pure Spelter | Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes AND ALL FINE WORK, Also for Galvanizers & trass Founders. ”| MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents, 113 Liberty Street, N. W¥. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co.. HOLYOKE, MASS., GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. Head Cop sae prom ~tly civen. BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE 00., MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE MANUF ACTTRERS OF BRODERICK& BASCOM Rope Co. RON WIRE ROPE, STEEL WIRE ROPE. 728 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo. WORCESTER WIRE CO. «2: == =e <> > = ‘ ae ’ Bright, oieuebas conan and Tin Plated, Also GUN SC REW WIRE of all sises _Straightened and « cut o > order, Manufacturers of IRON AND STEEL set 3S op nar SROWNING, SISUM & CO., 85 Chambers St. | Mapufacture | For all Purposes, WORCESTER, MASS, Staples, and eve exything pertain rtaiping to wire bending | Facbo BLY DN THE IRON AGH, The Plume& Atwood aes SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE,| Copper. .Electrical Wire, Pins, Lamp Trimmings, &c. | fj | Phosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. PERCUSSION CAPS, at a | i Of Every Description. 4 NED r cago. | if ‘ ANSONIA * REFI E POWDER FLASKS, Rolling Mill, : Factories, | Y \ : } INCOT COPPER. nae: nee a pcaepleie Teasel &.| THOMASTON, wot WATERBURY, Ct. A SPECIALTY MADE OF ¥ rass ars 0 a on. aan fuk aa oe a : iti ells a Specialty. Brid Q ort Brass Co f GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, PHELPS. DODGE & CD., | capeweu mtx. Co.'s Line of Sport- 6 p 4 GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, ’ ing Goods. | MANUFACTURERS OF J PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, IMPORTERS OF DEPOTS, mills At |Sheet and Roll Brass “| PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING T i N Pp L A T E 296 Broadway, New York, airaneon,| B , SS) : | AND PUMP CHAIN. . 9 | 125 Eddy St., Providence, R, 1. Conn, |Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing,| J Particular attention paid to os out Blanks 19 Murray St., N. ¥ HARRISON WIRE CO... Holmes, Booth & Haydens, BRASS & COPPER WIRE, | SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, —* — — s 8 g i> 2 3 i=. o Hs ia = = =. Zs - & E= 3 os Belt Hooks, (otters. Spring Keys. D Rivgs | — 919 to 923 N. Main St. "9 ST, LOUIS, oe June 14, 1883, PHILIP L. MOEN, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, President & Treasurer. Vice President & Secretary. { Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co, | Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 | WORCESTER, MASS. | WIRE DRAWERS. + Patent Galvaniring, Rolling and Tempering, | MANUFACTURERS OF q | | 4 IRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. New York, 16 Cliff and 241 Pear! { Street. ; | | WAREHOUSES} Chicago, 15; and 10 Lake Sn | YY. “7 | SS < A Se nS VISE TTT SSS oe “NATIONAL W WIRE 2— AND LANTERN WORKS.° ag Warehouse, 45 Fulton Street, New York, And California Wire Works Co., San F'rancisco, Cal. Manufactory, Nos. 1197, 1199, 1901, 2903, 1205, 1907, 1909 and 1a11 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. HOWARD & MORSE, BRASS, COPPER & IRON WIRE CLOTH ARAMA NS Hn ht KKH te ns Ma KH AY AY Ka Wire Fence, Guards or Railing, No. 9. Sen COAL AND SAND SCREENS. and Steel Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, Sugar, Milk one a a Strainers, Dutch zh Wie Cloth, Square Wire Smut Cloth, Galvanized Arbor or Summer H Wire oun for Heavy Rolled Cloth for Malt Kiln Floors, | Wee Work, Wire Fence, Railing and Guards, Also, Hand and Railroad Lanterns. THE TRENTON IRONSCO.. benim NEW JESSEY. RON BRAZIER WIRE, RODS, STEEL WIRE,, IRON, Wee aa eS New York Office, - - COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. Philadelphia Office, - - = - = 21 North Fourth St-eet. WIRE ROPE HAZARD M'F'G GO WAREROOMS : 87 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. Works: WILE EsSsSBARRHRE, PYTaAa. This Advertisement Changed Weekly. a IOWA BARB WIRE CO., IOWA BARB WIRE. BARB WIRE STRETCHER. No. 87 Liberty St., NEW YORK, No. 89 Lake Street, CHICAGO, Works, Johnstown, Pa. Licenred under Price to trade, all the doz. Bottom Patents. owe ming Stretcher. “eegent applied for. $5 per A. _LESCHEN & : SON, Cervenpendéace i_vited, 1883, Fuards o. > Cloth, 7 es R IDS, ON, AAS. Slip. eet, } i Suiyoeg dwoy ® = June 14, 1883. KK Lf ss, and Wood 0. UNDEMANN &: CO on i Ga a ees paventors nd -patentees of Bright Metal Cages, constructed without solder, 254 Peari St., ' NEW YORK. —_——— POPE, COLE .& Co. BALTIMORE COPPER WORKS, No, 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., Have always on hand and for sale INGOT COPPER, Also Cakes, of unequaled purity and toughness. G. Gunther, Manufacturer of Patented Brass, Sliver Plated and Japanned BIRD CAGES. Can be-nested for ex- A port shipments. 46 Park Place, NEW YORK. La y in patterns and unsurpassed in tow — New. Ilustrated Catalogues and Price Lists on application. CLEVELAND WIRE WORKS. W. S. TYLER, MANUFACTURER OF Coal Screens, Sand Screens, Riddles, Sieves and Orna- mental Wire Work OF EVERY DESORIPTION. Cleveland, Ohio. Bergen Port Spelter. WORES & FURNACES, Lehigh Valley, Pa. Bergen Port, N.-J. The only Miners and Manufacturers of PURE LEHICH SPELTER From Lehigh Ore. Especially adapted for Cartridge Metal and German Silver. Also manufacturers of BERGEN PORT OXIDE ZINC. Superior for lam Paint on account of its body BERCEN PORT ZINC CO. E. A. FISHER, Agent, 13 Burling Slip, N. Y. G. W. HOTCHKISS & CO., West Haven, Conn., MANUFACTURERS OF Brass, Iron & Steel Keys, Locksmiths’ and Bellhangers’ Supplies, HARDWARE SPECIALTIES. Llustrated Catalogue Furnished on Application. Also Brass and Nickel Plated Suspender Buckles. NOVELTIES OF ALL KINDS, MADE EITHER OF SHEET METAL OR WIRE, A SPECIALTY. NEW MAKE OF MINE LAMP, - a iia LEONARD BROs., (ee Pa, \ STEEL wi | | : | | S | is | ii , MLL — ~ > ~ . = & x '- —_ _ > ~ a ~ S a > hat > , a) > > > Neat Market Steel Wire, Orineline Wire, celnpened and Lowertia. Also Patent Tempered Steel eee ans we on hand. 234, 236 and ___! 754, 936 end 988 Weat Weat 29th Poth Direct, WW YORK. | =f RON AND BRASS RIVETS, Studs, Pins, Screws, &c., For Manufacturers of Light Hardware, TOE CALK STEEL, from special soft stock, which will bend double without breaking, weld perfectly with any ordi- nary flux, and harden suffi- ciently to cut glass. For samples and prices, address GAUTIER STEEL DEPT. of Cambria TOWN, PA. NEW YORK OFFICE: 104 Reade St. CHARLES A, OTIS, President, THOS. JOPLING, Treasurer. DRAWERS OF WIRE IRON AND __ STEEL $$ $$ SAM’ L ANDREWS, Vice President. lron Co., JOHNS- [No. 36.] BLAKE & JOHNSON, Waterbury, Conn. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: 5623 Arch St. ~ SAM’ L A. SAQUE, ee Gene ral Manager. JOHN C, ANDREWS, Secretary. THE AMERICAN WIRE COMPANY, ~ OF EVERY | DESCRIPTION | GALVANIZED, TINNED AND COPPERED WIRE. High Grade and Fine Quality Wires a Specialty. CLEVELAND, OHIO. ESTABLISHED 1837. H, 8, Case, Sec’y. MOLDERS’ TOOLS, FOUNDRY FACING, MOLDING SAND, FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, J. A. EMERICK & CO., 1056 to 1076 Beach St., PHILADELPHIA, CARY dco DAO... Mastufacturerg: of RE for ali | purposes, ind STEEL SPRINGS of evory desd:., | process #, doubts as. to. the value of the | face of the earth than iron. INCORPORATED 1876. | C. F. Pops, Treas. Waterbury Mfg. WATERBURY, CONN. Co., Brass Goods. ROLLING MILL AND STINGS, ROLLS, LEVELAND, OHIO. INGOT MOLDS, ANNEALING POTS, HOT BLAST PIPE, &c. CA GERMANY. SCREW, RIVET, NAIL AND CHAIN RODS, SPECIALTIES. BOLE AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES: WOLTMAN & MICKERTS, MACHINERY | | | interest, and, like most of the Doctor’s writ- “| ings, is very valuable to the practical man : me, MENDEN & SCHWERTE IRON AND STEEL WIRE WORKS, | AT SCHWERTE, WESTPHALIA, The largest Wire Works im the world, Make, on 12 trains, STEEL AND TRON WIRE RODS of all dimensions and descriptions. ST. LOUIS, MO. | propor place subject this alleged new process | unsuccessfully, until at length, after many LLL LE n | of manufacture to the test of criticism, to judge of the validity of the claims made in I us since glowing ats behalf, but first will take the oppertsienty tis only -@ few m- at of the technical | of giving the subject of aluminum—the byrne were. given it, inos 1 diecovery | metal of clay—a general consideration. or 30." Gini was to be. made for 25 Aluminum, the metallic basis of clay, is prossed™ts a pound. At that time we ex-| even more widely disseminated over the = It is one « 108 the success which had been’ constituents of the minerals feldspar and The Metal of the Fn+ Oc 6G eas ci eh te) ae SMT La — PSQGnang~aearnrnrnoondoaoen Bmeaggdaanopbanpa Blowing Rngines for French Iron Works,—Fig. 3.—Plan and Section of Engine. mica, of which the granites and gneisses are largely made up, and of the clays which result from the disintegration of these rocks. It exists in considerable quantities, also, in nearly all the so-called crystalline rocks, and the silicates of alumina in various combina- tions form the most numerous class of miner- als, Abundant as are the ores of this metal, attained. The following article from the June number of the Journal of the Franklin Institute contains @ report from the secre- | tary upon this subject, in which he gives the | result of his = ations concerning this |new process. It will be observed that Dr. | Wahl’s cadets are practically identical with those which we, from less accurate data, eceees oe ss 25 Ret aah’ - ee 9° rears Tre mk Fleet ~ Jaren sr 2 Fig. 4.—Plan of High-Pressure Steam Cylinder. it is one of the most difficult to reduc "e Shortly after the discovery, near the be | ning of this century, by Sir Humphrey oor 7, The technical papers for the past month | that the so-calied e arths soda, potash, lime or two have been full of accounts of a new | alumina, &c.—were me stallic oxides, and not had reached. The report is of exceptional process for manufacturing the metal alum- | simple bodies, as had hitherto bee n supposed, inum, said to have originated in England, ,and his demonstration of the fact by isolat and by which, it is affirmed in very positive |ing the metals sodium and potassium w ith | terms, the price of this metal has been rv- | the aid of the then newly discovered galvani |duced from $5000 per ton to $500, or to} battery, repeated attempts were made aa about 25 cents per pound. I shall in the| to isolate aluminum, the metal of clay, but June 14, 1883. Aa FE * THE IRON < —————_z===,_ OGDEN & WALLACE |" eters 800. oAFOR R D/w.0. wood & co’s 85, 87, 89 & 91 Kim st, +» New York. j IRON AND NAIL C0., MANUFACTU RERS oY lron and Steel! Ot every description kept in wee | GT Vaized She" lron, Cc ut Nal ils gla, > wy Agents for Park Brother & C Best Bloom, Best Roth pence Guivenae AND SNOW SHOES BLACK DIAMOND era: : L. Galvanized ita Totegy- ators ng one ber, tron. orl! sizes of Oast and Machinare Staal annetantly Gelvan PSieed he Ni “Gal ET IRON S P i K E S. a ROADSTER ~ CORRU™! ED SHE J. 8. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, Jane pre Planished Sheet Iron. PIERSON & C0, wer Ry ee ee a 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, y Best / Socal, ‘Best Refined and Common NEW YORK. SHEET IRON. ted Marc established 1790, ‘| eiate and ‘Tank Iron,/ JOHN W. QUINCY & CO. eeeete re, Rteh: FOROALKS. ' ONo. 1, C H No. 1, os = 1 Flange, Best Flange, 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St-/ sest Fiange Fire Box, 98 a Street, New York. IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON Extra Quality Homogeneous Steel NEW YORK OITY i ales Renae a tate lhe Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, || an at « meh tt pric ° or | . Wroug 4 Sorap, Cut Nails, Copper, FOR SALE BOILER PLATE Price list and quotations ‘sent upon application. ' BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, AN SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &c. by all the prineipal Ulster fon. om at _ HARRISON&GILLOON: | M ETAL DEALERS. sreex erates, a0 dccoriptions. ‘TED &TATI Spikes, Plate and Sheet Manufacturers of the best grads ot DEALERS, Cut Nails and IRON AND METAL THE UNITED STATES, Iron, all descriptions, h r4th, 1865; April 8th, 18 ept in Stock, oops, AU Sizes a nd Shapes <F P Ce Nok meee Hienera etethe werc RT a And at their Ofiec, balis re | in Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA.|SHOENBERGER & CO., ***scr=™ dled duced by' eee oe ion to the aie or | nave on hand, and offer for sale. he Sollowtng :, Jo Scotch and Ameen Pig Iron, Wrough A B mn oe L B R Os. to J. Pane NFR, our our ‘Agent, at 59 John hinery Scrap Iron, Car Wheelay Antes tuad Heavy | See Ral tie om eEeES SYRACUSE MALLEABLE. © WHEELING Lead, Pieeten Zine, &c. ies oon es. | NEW YORK: FOX & DRUMMOND, Sl najliiinealcke Laci BURDEN’S __§es$IRON WORKS, N A i Tt RAILWAY ALLENTOWN SHAFTING, on SYRACUSE, N. Y. E : N, and ria eoriet ot soe ot the best ren “ROLLING MIL 2 HORSE SHOES. Mower and Reaper Castings Laughlin Nail Co., REFINED IRON, ont, dilsiines, 6 JUNCTION IRON CO,, Band, Hoop, Scroll and Angle Iron. Cast, Spring, MATERIAL. - =e S . rs ied Cali and 8 & tteel 6 - Specialty. Joint Yearly Capacity Over T, oo warn ersum™ Burden B6St” | w.2 somes rrcrnecon | 600,000 KEGS. NEW YORK. a C.W. LEAVITT, ‘“iw'vown? | — 4fanager Sales Dep't JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., | Cc NEW AND SECOND-HAND SCOTCH AND AMERICAN ron Rails and Railway Equipment co K R 0 § S PIG and BAR IRON, OLD RAILS and SCRAP. x ie 3 Pp | G i KK O N, Cee eee OTE TLLANG ENLAS: | OP Chambers Strest, Mew York Agent for PARDEE CAR & MACH. WORKS. No. 63 Wall 8t., New York. ' ' | _Agent for PARDEE CAR & M STCTIME BRLIIBE BRIT Linde TLSTER IRON WORKS Boiler Rivets | KINNEIL es ONE ROLLING MILL, Limited, 90 Broadway, New York. The Burden rowomeany SCOTCH Pig IRON, IT FR Ee IAT TBLEPHONE CALL, ‘‘ NASSAU, 379.” A. R. WHITNEY & CO., Manufacturers of and Dealers in LTLRON AGENCIES: PORTAGE IRON CoO., Limited, Merchant pen. NORWAY IRON AND STEEL WORKS, Homo grows Plates. BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder H. P. NAILS CO., Wire Nails. BRANDYWINE ROLLING MILL, Boller Plates. SLascow TUBE Flues, A. BYERS CO” Wren a iron ts : CARNAGIE BROS. & ae Jimlted,” Wrought ——- z T N y Pittseb h, gi icendyieonewsiermseee| Tuckerman, Mulligan&Co} "FOR SALE IN LOTS TO SUIT, Bonnell. Botsford & Co. “Bol fo d : C = on application by mail ee ae “Tetiscoe acc ses'vo, [CARMICHAEL & EMMENS|EGLESTON BROS. & CO., EOWARD J. WESSELS ener LL | | os 22, 88,05 7 West Lake B., Gueago, Il. 166 South Street, SOLE AGENT FOR THE a . BORDEN & LOVELL, |jpoy anp steel aap paTe.| 22" a os a ay. | wantin iment Ir On, Nails & Spikes, | | 17 Cedar St.. - = NEW YORK. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Commission Merchants, | seascrresconmrne once? tanr! nx a ae jeewows, suse. S: - aon 4. B. & Ss. F. W. JESUP & CO., {CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ing uss, on6 ion — = a orks; Wrought Iron Railway Supplies and Equipment. <= ROOFING & SIDING, Beams, Angles, Tees, Rivets 70 & 71 West St., & ree? _ wew vorn. | ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING CO. Ne. 67 Liberty St., NEW YORK. ROOFING & SIDING, ie ee auxer & cromuish, {ULSTER BAR IRON, ae an aap STL Sista, Ser terge Fall River Iron Co.’s Nails <i e ShaxkPiks bistos nob, ctnke- “*'**) MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO, haan Sanne St aaa Steel Forgings. |,.,. gene. Re?'d nonCommon Iron fc| 0%. _STEH LOCOWOTIE ronanas Sey tise, oe Wek. ano An. & ng, RePéron Common rons GLENGARNOCK AND CARNBROE SCOTCH PIG IRON. Estimates furnished, and all work executed | >-~_ promptly at the =; ae aa a ; Nt on 112 John St., Baltimore or New Orleans. For sale by Nos. 215 21 ain Stree ALLEGHENY, PA. , N An, An; — NEW YORK. JAMES LEE & CO., Sole Agents for the United States. EERO _- AGENT FOR ea ~ @ 72 Pine Street, NEW YORK. ITE EE, /101 MELlk Street, BOSTON, MASS, 156 Washington Street, CHICAGO. Light Machinery Forgings a Specialty. FRANK L. FROMENT, | For spot delivery, and for prompt or forward shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, | Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. ~ WILLIAM H. WALLACE & co, GRAY IRON CASTIN Gs. Penceyd Iron Toutes. HANT JOHN KEPPELMAN, Reading, Pa., | tarsuall Iron Cos.” — i. LEECHBURG IRON WORKS TRON MERCHANTS) servis ginenair sas Ne ts cone Jey | Si Water Cov_r tamaton Ant) KIRKPATRICK & CO., Cor, Albany & Washington Sts, | eae sens “Onkes rose W. S. MIDDLETON, | FINE SEE reas he IRONS, NBW YORK OITY. dled. Fee KEPPELMAN, Cor. 2d and Court Sts., Broker i in Machinery & lron Refined Cold Rolled, Show Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, ac.)” Reading, Pa: NATURAL GAS GAs ‘USED AS FUEL. WORKS, Lecohburg, Pa. Ws. B. Watsace Ws Bureau FORSTER'S C CRUSHER “& PULVERIZER,” “CHARLES HUBBARD. HUBE ARD ORFORD NICKEL AND COPPER COMPANY, eer ah ties s. nite 523 Jehn St.,N. ¥. ‘6 9 «66 ” w. ’ SHERIDAN, LEESPORT, BEanNDe Fie mon. SMELTERS AND REFINERS OF COPPER nn ON, “ME LAUREL” ‘@ aemrien| NRANDS rie mo THOS. J. POPE & BRO., Agents, 202 Pearl St., New York. pol nian - Copper Ore, Mattes or Bullion purchased, Advances made on consignments for refining and sale. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN FAVORITE BRANDS OF SCOTCH PIC IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE. ___ Old Car Wheels, Best Brands. 46 CUf Street, New York City. = and Refining Works at Bergen Point, near New Yo rk. Offices, 37 & 39 Wall St., » New York. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL CO., Pig Iron, James w. ROSS, i IMPORTER OF AND FURNACE AGENT F Manufacture and have always in stoc rou ast Scrap tron, | ROLLED IRON BEAMS, ||| o1'y"nerars. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, 59 Water St., NEW YORK. | Bar Iron, Car Wheels, ye by “Ralls | aad "Railroad Supplies, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant Bars, Riveted Work, SOLE AGENT Forgings, Ewe Bars, &c. PATERSON, N. J. Manhattan Rolling Wily eT ee ere AMY, Room o> Astor House, New York. SHEET “IRON, TANK AND FIRE BED, a57& 333 & $33 south St., | - 445 to 451 West St, 177 &179 Bank THE JERSEY CITY GALV - Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, ‘te <r ANIZING Co., ‘ciate tadiiniccaiiate CALVANIZED MATERIAL ‘OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. LVARIZING IN ALL ITS BRAN HOR SE SHOE PRON rnin Sent ron—Des Bloom, Best Refined, Common. Gehunted t Round, Square Band aod DOVER IRON CO. 8 Toe Calk Steel, Hoop Iron, &e., vals and Fila BoitEeaR FEV TS, iT 5 GoONey, ae iia of rrugation se ae need eta Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, &c. concn Reaten ‘in 5 ah eT ‘RON, = Soares _ LAP-WELDED — — Angle & T yng Cut Neils & E Spikes. | . < or Glaagow Lron Ce, < ee L. patie 2 Co.., = Lebar Mills, Cheste rrugated Sheet tron a Specialty, Galvanized, Black and Painted. Irem Corrugated for the Trade. | Pipe ne naa, we & Alba: ay & ens. Iron and Steel - detimates furnished or application. d Tube Co., ny 139 Greenwich Street, New York. "| Be as ao Migr Hivets ; Homogeveous Steel, ‘ WORKS, GREEN AND BAY STREETS, JERSEY CITY,N. J, OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, 98 JOHN STREET, NEW WORK, CUT. NAILS, | J. LEOQUARD, |____ 3¢ SEssenerrereter cuteness. —___ ie i tec ("=u iw - = Wor one Seed sp te oe hen trenton 4 5 : June 14, 1888. THE IRON AGE. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Edward J. Etting, Manufacturers’ Agents | (saa or raise oe. rer CHANT, Wheels, Boiler and ’ ” For Iron ont Tron and General Railway OLD RAILS, SCRAP, ado. Eq Agent for the Old Ralls, Axles, and 7 bought and sold. 934 S. 4th St., Philadelphia. MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, The Allentown Iron Co. and the Greenwood Rolling Mill. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STREET, connected by track with railroad. Cash advances made en Iron. Siemens’ Regenerative GAS FURNACE. RICHMOND & POTTS, 119 8. Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Cambria Iron and Steel Works. The Cambria Iron Co., The Cambria Iren Co., having enjoyed a reputation for more than a} having acquired the entire ownership of the quarter of a century for fair dealing and excel- | WIRE AND STEEL MILLS lence of its manufactures, has now a capacity of Of the GAUTIER STEEL CO., Limited, will eon- A. PURVES & SON, 150,000 Tons of Iron & Steel Rails | snue to produce ail their spgciaities, such as Mer- Dealers tn And most approved patented Springs, Rake Teeth and Harrow Teeth, Agricul- Scrap lron, Metals and Machinery, Rail F t i tural Implement Steel and Cor. South and Penn Sts., Philadelphia, a astenings. -INTT)S , Ww y Offer f le, in lots to sult, Red or Yelle ae = ALL KINDS OF WIRE, | £0z, ‘erase ag tots to,°0t eof, Yell weary Address Well-known for superior quality of material and Metal made strictly from’ old € annon ; Sieam Pumps, CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, 218 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Shafting Pulleys,&c. Machinery and Tools various excellence of workmanship. descriptions. Cash paid for Se i. tea oa etal or at Works, Johnstown, Pa., or lL.enox Smith, Selling Age :t, 46 Pine St., — TEEL DEPARTMENT ee eee — GAUTIER STEEL samses Ss Isaac V. Lioyp. Jas. G. Linpsay. New York. Established 1837. Pup BK. DHarr, Gen’! Sup’t, Johnstown. LLOYD & LI N DSAY, a New York Warehouse, 104 Reade St. No. 328 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia Warehouse, 523 Arch St. Brokers aud General Dealers in TH r P es iron and Steel, Railway Equipments and 9 | Supplies, Bar, Plate and Sheet Iron, Pig 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Iron, Rails and Fastenings, Muck Bars, Bleoms, Koiler Tubes, Wrought I P & Manufacturers of Wrought Iron ’ ° « ron Pipe, &c. Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, | "™s*""=<=5=" 8" Florida Yellow Pine, cargo lots. STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batteorymarch St. | “ALAN WOOD & CO, J. 0. RICHARDSON, No. 232 Doek 8t., Philadelphia, DEALER IN Pig Iron, Merchant Bar Iron and fron Ores. J. J. MOHR, Sole Agent for Leesport, Temple, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel BESSEMER, FOUNDRY AND FORGE PIG IRON, CHARCOAL PIC IRON. and Bo t Iron , Tank a 430 Walnut &t., PHILADELPHIA, PA, = JAS. ROWLAND & 60., HEBERTON' & Co. Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, = |_—=—_“llee Aer and Commission Merchant 990 North Deleware Ave., - PHILADELPHIA, |° ”* ‘Bison, shett? Bas Sesh: Gatcontecd, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanised, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Uharceal Bloom PLATE & SHEET IRON. No. 519 Arch 8t., Philadelphia, Pa. for Corrigated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water eae Smoke Stack, ete onpoce x Lasaping, Ferruie, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iro rRON. Manufacturers of the 0. 220 So. 3d B8t., Phila. ANVIL BRAND REFINED MERCHANT BAR IRON. |“ moem and Pig omslsn | Langhorne Wister. | Rodman Wister, Late Shimer & Co. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kenan Sr sane cut from | | =. @ R. WISTER & co., their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel; Skelp Iron a specialty; also Rounds, Squares, Flats, Daas ant Boop| COM BROKERS. Scrap Iron a Specialty. rikents for the Olearflela Fire Brick Co.'s ——————PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. «c P. ROBERTS « P| — attadelphie. MANUFACTURERS OF SITES & GILL, BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, 222 ana 221.8. rnira st., patie, Pa, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MEROHANT BAR. DEALERS IN SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, Old Rails, Scrap and Railroad Supplies, SHAFTING 'AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. SCRAP IRON a Specialty. Office, No, 26 8S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. —_—_——__—— sali clielieccnialieeiics rw. PAXSON ct CO. ‘MORRIS, WHEELER & CO és ae a IRON, STEEL & NAILS. MOULDING SAND, Mosse) ss onc, 400 Chestnut St., 1021 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA., PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. | New Work Address. 14 CLIFW aT ee eeepenenttnemmesecreesenimenesnmmmennenmemnens | MATTHEW GILi, Jr, & CO., | No. 930 South 4th 8t., Phtladelphia. (Late of SITES & GILL.) 1240 N, Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa,, IRON AND METAL DEALERS. a Iro” and Metals, sew acd Old Rails, Pg and _ Sark fron, Railroad Supplies, &c., &c JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHABLES K. BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR., & CO., AGENTS FOR CHICKIES, CONEWAGO, MONTGOMERY AND SHENANDOAH Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. CARBON ROLLING MILL CO., Limited, Best Quality Muck Bar. CATASAUQUA MFG, CO.’S Bar, Angie, Skelip and Sheet Iron. Shenandoah (Va.) Best Charcoal Blooms, We. 8 a4 So, Fourth St., PHILA DELPREA. BLAKEY & WALBAUM, 206 S. Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, 55 & 57 Pine Street, New York, GENERAL MERCHANDISE BROKERS. SPECIALTIES, NEW AND OLD RAILS, | BLOOMS, BESSEMER PIG, Spiegeleisen Iron Ores AND RAILROAD SUPPLIES GENERALLY. Sole Agents for the United States for | The North Lonsdale iron and Steel Co., Limited. Bessemer Pig Iron, brand ‘* ULVERSTON.” Malleable Pig Iron, brand ** UY, WH. M."" N. B. ALLEN & CO.’S DINAS FIRE BRICKS. —IJEROME KEELEY & CO.. 206 Walnut Place, Philadelphia, SELLING AGENTS FOR CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, BAK IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAIL S, IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IRON ORES FIRE BRICK, COAL and -OKE. MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Ralls, rand Co Iron &c. Examine and negotiate sales | of Iron and Coal properties. | | E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons. E. H. WILSON & CO., 2330 South Third Street, Philadelphia, BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON AND STEEL. Correspondence solicited. EDMUND D. SMITH, 147 So. 4th St., Philadelphia, BROKER FOR THE SALE OF ALL GRADES >/FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC IRON ORES, Spiegeleisen, Pig |Iron| AND STRUCTURAL IRON, References by Special Permission : Messrs. C. & H. Borie, Bankers, Philadelphia ; Pennsylvania Steel Co.; Crane Iron Co.; Phoenix Iron Co.; Cambria Iron Co ; Franklin B. Gowen, Esq Pres't P. & R. R. R. Co. ; Geo. M. Troutman. Esq.. Central National Bank, Philadelphia ; Pha- nix National Bank, New York Eugene butiin, Esq., President ; Cpasinentat National Bank, Ed- | mund 8 Randolph, President ; Messrs. Graff, Bennett & Ry “Pletsbur bh: 8S. Decatur Smith, Esq., lron Founder, Philadelphia. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., lron Merchants & Railway Equipments. 208 Seuth Fourth St., Philadelphia. Sole agents Glasgow Iron Co. and Pine Iron Works manufacturers of Muck Bar and all grades of Plate Iron. Celebrated “Glasgew” and * Pine” | brands for fire boxes and difficult wees, Pig and u Bar Iron, Rails and all shapes in [ron Otations given on Bridge and Building Specifications. ETHELBERT WATTS, IRON BROKER AND COMMIS- SION MERCHANT, No. 326 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Pig, Muck and Bar Iron, Scrap, Etc. | Also, COKE, IRON ORES, BIT. COAL. ANDOVER PIG IRON, FOR BEST MILL PRODUCTS. Andover Chill Iron for Carwheels, &c. Ez ws pig marked exact chiil depth (4 Inch to % , A. Whitney & Son's standard test. FP. A. Comiy, Treas. J. Westey Pcutumas, Agent 407 Walnut St., PHIL ADEL PHIA. MANUFACTURERS CHARCOAL FACING, LEAD FACING, KX MENERAL, ANTHRACITE FACING, (XL FACING, SOAPSTONE, _ ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, Manufacturers of J e Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, | Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. General Office, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia. JAMES ©. BOOTH. THOMAS H. GARRETT. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, Analvtical and Consulting Chemists, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St. above Chestnut St.), PHILADELPHIA PA, Established in 1836. Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of i Steel, Iron Ores. Slags, Limestones. Coals. Clays, Fire Sands &c. Agente for sampling ores in New York and Gaitimore. Price lists on application. X MINERAL, STEEL BRUSHES. | | -——— —- TATNALL ANDREW A. BLAIR. (FORMERLY OF J. MANUFACTURERS OF CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO. wan zacrso. “Cumberland” Nails and Wrought Iron Pipe, : 43 North Water Street and 44 North Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, F LEA & co.,, Successors to CABEEN & CU., Works atalenowm rs IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. | BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP TRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS NATIVE | AND FOREIGN ORES, A. A. HUTCHINSON & BRO.’S CONNELLSVILLE COKE, GROOME, ROBERTS & CO. F. BAILEY & C0.), IRON AND STEEL COMMISSION, 216 South Fourth Street, PHILADELPHIA. SHENANDOAH IRON, LUMBER. MINING & MFG. Cf CO. Beams, Channels, Angles, Sheared and Universal Plates, Car Axles, &c. MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR CORE PiG FROM NEUTRAL HEMATITE ORES. Aliso CHARCOAL PIG IRON AND BLOOMS FROM SAME ORES. Works at MILNES, PAGE CO., VA. Treasurer's Office, 132 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. JUSTICE COX, J. & CO., Seles Acents, 224 South 4th &., Philadelphia, CHAINS. TRON Cranes ; Special attention given to the Manufacture ' Mining and Dredging Obains ; Lb, B. G.” Special Be Chain. i BBIDGS SPECIFICATIONS A SPEC EAL ‘OY. BRADLEE & c0., EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. of Chains for jand gold. | alloys, ‘aluminum bronzes—are the most notable, | neering |}nouncement of some remarkable discovery, failures, the efforts of Wébler were crowned with success in the year 1817. The proper- ties of the new metal were found to be so remarkable that the attention of chemists was at once attracted to the subject of its production; but the metal obstinately re- sisted all efforts to produce it in quantity juntilthe year 1854, when St. Claire Deville solved the problem measurably by reducing | the metal from anhydrous chloride by re :duc- - tion with metallic sodium. It was ‘thought then that the successful solution of the prob- | lem of producing aluminum on the commer- cial scale would speedily bring about a revo- | lution in the metallurgical world. But though | nearly 30 years have elapsed since that time, | aluminum is still, by reason of its hig rh price ranked among the more precious metals, an: i is consequently debarred from c ompetition with copper, zinc, tin, iron and steel for the | numerous industrial uses for which it is well adapted by reason of its many admirable and unique qualities. What these are will appear from the following brief rehearsal ‘he metal aluminum has a grayish-white color, between that of zinc and tin: it is exceedingly light, being only two and a half times heavier than water—that is, about three and a half times lighter than copper, four times lighter than silver, and nearly eight times lighter than gold. It is remark- ably sonorons, giving out a very clear musical tone when struek ; it is very unchangeable in the atmosphere, surpassing in this respect most of the baser metals—iron, copper, &c., and resembling the precious metals silver It is very difficultly oxidizable, nitric acid (aqua fortis), which attacks and destroys neuely all the metals with tho greatest energy, having little or no actiou upon it, and even the white heat of the furnace only suffices to oxidize it super- ficially. It has a tensile strength equal to that of copper, and conducts electric- ity nearly four times better than iron. It forms alloys with many of the metals, many of which have remarkable qualities. Of these those with copper—the so-called being possessed of such valuable properties that their extensive adoption in the arts is only hindered by the one circumstance of their comparatively high cost. From the above brief résumé of the lead- ing characteristics of this remarkable metal, it will be apparent that a wide field would at once be opened for it in almost every department of industry, if once the problem of its cheap production were solved ; and assuming the truth of the newspaper accounts respecting the alleged new process of producing it in England at 25 cents per pound, the statement that the invention would ‘effect important changes in the metal trade, not only in England, but throughout the world,” is not in the least ex- aggerated. Unfortunately, however, the al- leged new procedure of Mr. Webster, of Holly wood, near Birmingham, which has been the recipient of alarger share of gratuitous advertising than any other patented process | that has appeared for some years, will not | bear a critical investigation. The process embraces two principal elements—the prep- }aration of an anhydrous chloride of alumi- num, or of a double chioride of aluminum and sodium, by a very tedious and round- about method, and from this chloride the metal is subsequently obtained by the use of sodium as a reducing agent. I was greatly interested in getting at the details of this new process. Months before anything was published concerning it, it was whispered in scientific circles in England that the problem of the cheap production of aluminum had at length been solved. Even so eminent a luminary in the metallurgical world as Sir Henry Bessemer, in an address before one of the leading British engi- bodies, foreshadowed the an- and set all the scientific world agog with curiosity. At length, after some months of patient waiting, the technical journals of England announced the procedure of Mr. Webster with a grand flourish of trumpets, the American journals have taken up the refrain, and it appeared to oceur to no one to subject the ex- travagant claims of the alleged improve- ment to the test of intelligent criticism. For myself, I cannot refrain from the state ment that I was more than astonished tl claims 89 grorsly and palpably errones and exaggerated should have been permitted to pass unchallenged in the country wl | they originated, and which b 3 of so many eminent “auth rities in me ‘tallu irgy The a! leged new process is almost a literal copy the old, time-honored method introduced and practiced in France for the past 2 In the on ly important fe acares —nam ly , the production of an anbydrous chloride, andt reduction of this by means 7. odium absolutely the same The only feat can be called new relate to the met! treating the raw materia! and cheap aluminous substance, and after reading Mr Webster's | atent spe n t [ am well satisfied that those portions of the cess that are new are the onl th at are worthless All this may seem to be unnecessar vere upon Mr. Webster, but in explana 1 |i have to urge a when an inventor | lishes his invention with such extravage of statement ce. must expect tl searching investigation of his claim | utter absurdity of Mr. Webster’s claim t lable to produce aluminum at a < £100 (ahout $500) per ton, equal to about 25 cents per pouud pear from the simple statement that t duce 1 pound of metal from the chlor: juires, theoretically, very near! of metallic sodium, and in pract 1 ds tha ind tl t tt alone requ r tk tion " f the meta Ul be als t $1, if t > say nothing 5S 1 a prepara 1 of tk 1 } 4 enoug! Alumin la Sa mi metal, d i min it I perhay 15 [ art | tat ti I , } 5 i he prob r al > ) 6 2s IRON AGE. A. H. McNEAL, BURLINGTON, N. J. Pier Pipes. = ates je1aueg CAST IRON Sritics FOR WATER AND GAS. OPCS yr 2668; = = SINGER, NIMICK & GO., Limited, PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF HAMMERED AND ROLLED SDE EL. Warranted Equal to an Produced. BEST REFINED TOOL CAST STEEL For Edge and Turning Tools, Taps, Dies, Drills, Punches, Shear- Knives, Cold-Chisels and Machinists’ Tools generally. SAW PLATES Fer Cireular, Mulay, Mill, Gang, Drag, Pit and Cross-Cut Saws. Sheet Steel For Springs, Billet Web and Hand Saws, Shovels, Cotton Gin Saws, Stamping Cold, &c., &c. SIEMENS.MARTIN (Open-Hearth) PLATE STEEL For Botlers, Fire-Boxes, Smoke-Staeks, Tanks, &c. ge All our Plate and Sheet “ being rolled by a Patented Improvement, is unequaled for surface finish and exactness of ga’ ROUND “MACHINERY CAST STEEL For Shafting, Spindles, Bollers, &c., &c. File, Fork, Hoe, Rake, R. R, Frog, Toe-Calk, Sleigh-Shoe and Tire Steel, &c. ; Cast and German Spring and Plow Steel. ‘Tron Center * Cast Plow Steel. Finished Rolling Plow Coulters, with Patent Screw Hubs ‘Soft Steel Center" Cast Plow Steel. Agricultural He eto a any Ps patterndesired. [attached. **Bolid Soft Center " Cast Plow Steel Steel Forgiugs made Represented at 59 Beekman St., New York, and 417 Commerce St,, Phitadelphia, by HOGAN & SON, General Agents for Eastern and New England States, THE MIDVALE STEEL COMPANY, CRUCIBLE AND OPEN-HEARTH STEEL. TIRES and AZALES Works and Office, Warchouse, Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pa. 12 N. Sth 8t., Philadelphia, Pa. ~ PHILADELPHIA STEEL FORCE. | .- “Anvil” Brand Best Refined roa Jere?’ FOPCETOOL CAST STEEL | Address all orders to THE PHILADELPHIA ‘STEEL FORGE, Office, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa | Ameate ! HENRY G. NICHOLS, 14 Platt St... N.Y. City. THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY SUPPLY CO., 15 So. 14¢h St., Richmond, Va. General | Western Agents, CHAS. 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