The Iron Age 1886-08-26: Vol 38 Iss 9

The Iron see INDEX TO READING MATTER PAGE 30 A Review of the Hardware, Iron Published every Thursday Morning by Davip W1L.1Ams, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, New York, Vol. XXXVILL: No. 9. New York, Th ursday, Huoiit a8 1886. INL E and Metal Trades. ADVERTISEMENTS Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. $2.40 a Year, Including Tostage Single Copies, Ten Cents. Improved Mining or Farnace Platform, | two specimens of iron taken from a bar | tract a little, but not sufficiently to be visible Messrs. Otis Brothers & Co., 36-38 Park | row, New York, are turning out the im- proved mining or furnace platform shown in the engraving. It is constructed of heavy channel iron, well braced and riveted, cal- culated to stand rough usage and continuous, heavy work. A distinguishing feature is its | safety catch, which is clearly shown in the engraving, and is on the wedge principle, positive in action and graduating the stop- page of the platform in case of breakage or derangement of cable or connections. The | guideway, which also forms the post, is 3 x 8 inches or larger, according to the size of the platform. At a recent test of the safety catch and strength of the platform a weight of 6180 pounds was placed on it and hoisted toa hight of 50 feet (in the experi- mental tower which Messrs. Otis Brothers & Co. have at their works). The cable was cut, and the platform dropped only 9 inches. The platform structure and the safety device were found to be in perfect condi- tion. This test was repeated several times with the sameresult. Messrs. Otis Brothers & Co. have recently placed 12 of these plat- | forms at the New York Aquedact, in con- | nection with their hoisting engines, and | they may there be seen in constant use, per- forming exceptionally rough and heavy | work, — New Applications of the Mechanical Properties of Cork.* It would seem difficult to discover any properties in a substance so familiar as | cork, and yet it possesses qualities which | distinguish it from all other solid or liquid | bodies, namely, its power of altering its | volume in a very marked degree in conse- quence of change of pressure. All liquids | and solids are capable of cubical compres- | sion or extension, but to a very small ex- | tent; thus water is reduced in‘ volume by only yy55 part by the pressure of 1 at- mosphere. Liquid carbonic acid yields to pressure much more than any other fluid, but still the rate is very small. Solid sub- stances, with the exception of cork, offer equally obstinate resistance to change of bulk; even india-rubber, which most people would | euppose capable of very considerable change of volume, we shall find is really very rigid. Extension in like manner does not alter the volume of india-rubber. In this glass tube | is a piece of solid round rubber which nearly | fills the bore. The lower end of the rubber is fixed in the bottom of the tube and the upper end is connected by a fine cord to a small windlass, by turning which I can stretch the rubber. I fil' the tube to the brim with water and throw an image of it on tothe screen. If stretching the rubber either increases or diminishes its volume the water in the tube will either overflow or shrink init. I now stretch the rubber to | about 3 inches, or one-third of its original | length, but you cannot see any appreciable movement in the water level; hence the vol- ume of the rubber has not changed. Metals when subjected to pressures which exceed their elastic limits so that they are perma- nently deformed, as in forging or wire-draw- ing, remain practically unchanged in volume per unit of weight. I have here a pair of common scales. To the under sides of the pans I can hang the various specimens that I wish to examine; underneath these are smal! beakers of water which I can raise or lower by means of a rack and pinion. Substances immersed in water lose in weight by the weight of their | own volume of water; hence if two sub- stances of equal volume balance each cther in air they will also balance when immersed in water; but if their volumes are not the same, then the substance having the smaller volume will sink, because the weight of | water it displaces is less than that displaced by the substance with the larger volume. | | which had been torn asunder by a steady pull. One specimen is cut from the portion where it had not been strained, and the other from the very point where it had been gradually drawn out and fractured. The specimens balance, I immerse them, you see the balance is not destroyed ; hence the volume of iron has not been changed ap- preciably by extension. But cork behaves in a very different man- ner. I place this cylinder of cork into just such a brass tube as served to restrain the india-rubber, and apply pressure to it in the same way; you see [ can readily compress the cork, and when I release it it expands back to its original volume; the action is a little sluggish on account of the friction of the cork against the sides of the tube. In this case, therefore, a very great change in! NEW MINING AND FURNACE PLATFORM, BUILT BY To = scale ov your left hand is suspended 44. volume of the material has been easily a short a of ordinary iron, and to a But, although solids evidently do | the cork be steeped in hot water the volume ot change sensibly in bulk after having | continues to increase till it attains nearly the right-hand scale a cylinder of ordinary | copper. They balance exactly. raise the beakers and immerse the two cyl- | distort them permanently, yet while ac- inders in water; you see the copper cylin- | tually under to you or to cause it to sink. I open a stop- cock and relieve the pressure; you see that the cork instantly expands, its buoyancy is restored and it floats again. applying and taking off the pressure I can produce the familiar effect so well known in the toy called ‘‘the bottle imps.” It is this singular property which gives to cork its | value as a means of closing the mouths of bottles. Its elasticity has not only a very considerable range, but it is very persistent. Thus in the better kind of corks used in bot- tling champagne and other effervescing wines you are all familiar with the excent to which the corks expand the instant they es- cape from the bottles. I have measured this expansion and find it to amount to an increase of volume of 75 per cent., even after the corks have been kept in a state of ' compression in the bottles for 10 years. If I now om released from pressures high enough to| three times that which it oecupied in the | neck of the bottle. . pressure the volumes may|to pressure either in one direction, as jer sinks at once, and I know by that that | Soar been considerably altered. As far as| in this lever press, or from every direction, When cork is subjected copper has a nae Vonme per pound than | 7 ay aware, this point has not been deter-| hs when immersed in water under pressure, nie - oe ae id more commonly say, mined experimentally for metals, but it is| a certain amount of permanent deformation, it is heavier than iron. I now detach the | very easy to show that tedie-rebber does | copper cylinder, and in its place hang on the | | not change. iron one, which is made of the same bar as its fellow cylinder, but forced while red-hot imto a mold by a pressure of 60 tons = cold water, but sinks in hot. it under considerable in cold water, then, i sensibly less, it ought to sink. | way, if I load a piece of cork and a piece of wood so that they barely float, if their volumes alter they ought to sink. Square inch and allowed to cool under pressure. The two cylinders balance, you see. Has the volume of the iron in the compressed cylinder been altered by the rough treatment it has received! I raise| the beakers, immerse the cylinders, the bal- | ance is not destroyed; hence we conclude that although the form has been changed | the volume has remained the same. I sub stituted for the hot, compressed cylinder one pressed into a mold while cold and held there for some time with a load of 60 tons per square inch; the balance is not de- stroyed by immersion; hence the volume has not been altered. I can repeat the experi- ments with these copper cylinders and the result will be found the same. Extension also is incapable of appreciably altering the density of metals. I attach to the scales hha lelpteicitahiienlimatiltintl ied adda tceanhicomeh deka he *From a paper read at the Ro yal Institution of Great Britain, April 9, 1586. by William Anderson, M. Inst. C.£.. MORI I have here some of this sub- ressure while afloat its volume became | In the same In this strong upright glass tube I have at the top a piece of india-rubber, immediately | below it a piece of wood, and below thata cork. The wood and the cork are loaded with metal sinkers to reduce their buoyancy The tube is full of water and is connected to a force pump by means of which | can im- pose @ pressure of over r000 pounds per square inch. The image of the tube is now thrown on the screen and the pressure is being applied. beginning to shrink in all directions, and now its volume is so reduced that it is incapable of floating and sinks down to the bottom of the tube. The indis-rubber is You see at once the cork is absolutely unaffected, the wood does con- or “‘permanent set,” takes place very quickly. This stance, which is so very slightly lighter than | solid elastic substances when strained beyond water that, as you see, it only just floats in | their elastic limits, -_ with cork the limits If I could put | are comparatively rty is common to ail In considering An > anata of most sub- stances our search for the cause of these properties is baffled by our imperfect pow- ersand the feeble instruments we possess for investigating molecular structure. With cork, happily, this is not the case ; an exam- ination of its structure is easy, and perfectly explains the cause of its peculiar and valu properties. The difference between the arrangement of the celis or tissue forming the woody part of the tree and the bark is easily shown. I have here three meta! sock- ets, supported over a shallow wooden tray Intothem are fitted, first, a cork cut out of the bark in a vertical direction ; pext, a cork cut in a radial direction ; and, lastly, a piece of common yellow pine. By means of my force pump | apply a couple of atmospheres of hydraulic pressure. 1 project an image of the apparatus on the screen, and you se the water has made its way through the wood and through the cork cut in the radial By alternately | OTIS BROTHERS & CO., direction, while the cork cut in the vertical direction is impervious The cells of the cork are filled with gaseous matter, which is very easily ex- tracted, and which has been analyzed for me by Mr. G. H. Ogston, and proved to be common air. From measurements made by Mr. Ogston I find that the air occluded in the cork amounts to about 53 per cent. of its volume. The facility with which the air escapes, compared with the impermeability of cork to liquids, is very remarkable. Cork consists, practically, of an aggregation of minute air vessels having very thin, very | water-tight and very strong walls, and hence, if compressed, we may expect the | resistance to compression to rise in a man- ner more like the resistance of gases than | the resistance of an elastic solid such as a spring. NEW YORK. |in propor tion to the distance to which the spring is ccmpreesed, but with gases the pressure increases in a much more rapid manner—that is, inversely as the volume which the gas is made to occupy. But from | the permeability of cork to air it is evident | that, if subjected to pressure in one direction only, it will gradually part with its occluded air by effusion—tbat is, by its passage through the porous walls of the cells in which it is contained. This fact can be readily demon- strated by the lever press which I have used, for, if the brass cylinder containing the cork be filled with soap and water and pressure be then applied, minute bubbles will be found to collecton the surface, and their formation wil] goon for many hours On the other hand, if cork be subjected to pressure from all sides, such as operates when it is immersed in water under pressure then the cells are supported in al! directions the air in them is reducel in volume, and there is mo tendency to escape in one direction more than another. An india- rubber bag, such as this, distended by air bursts, as you see, if pressed between two surfaces: but if an india-rubber cell be placed in a glass tube ani subjected to by- draulic pressure it is merely shriveled up the strain on its walls is actually reduced To take advantage of the peculiar properties of cork in mechanical applications it is necessary to determine accurately the law of its resistance to compression, and for this purpose | instituted a series of experiments fthis kind. Into a strong iron vessel of In a spring the pressure increases | |the pipe. Dur.ug this action, first, a cer- 5% gallons capacity I intruduced a quantity of cork, and filled the interstices full of water, carefully getting out all the air. I then proceeded to pump in water until definile pressures up to 1000 pounds per | square inc h had been reached, and at every 1cO pounds the weight of water pumped in was determined. In this way, after many repetitions, I obtained the decrease of volame due to any given increase of pressure. The | obse rvations have been plotted in the form j of a curve, which vou see on the diagram }on the wall. The base line represents a cylinder containing 1 cubic foot of cork | divided by the vertical lines into ro parts the black horizontal lines according to the scale on the left hand represent the press- ures in pounds per square inch which were necessary to compress the cork to the cor- responding volume. Thus to reduce the volume to one-half required a pressure of 250 pounds per square inch. At 1000 poands per square inch the volume was re- duced to 44 per cent.; the yielding then became very little, showing that the solid parts of the cells had nearly come together, aud this corroborates Mr. Ogston’s deter- termination tbat the gaseous part of cork constitutes 53 per cent. of its bulk. The engineer, in dealing with a com- pressible substance, requires to know not only the pressure which a _ given change of volume produces, but also the work which has to be expended in prodacing |the change of volume. The work is cal culated by multiplying the decrease of volume by the mean pressure per unit of area which produced it. The ordinates of the dotted curve on the diagram, with the corresponding scale of foot pounds on the | right-hand side, are drawn equal tothe work done in compressing a cubic foot of cork to the several volumes marked on the base line. I have not been able to find an equa- | tion to the pressure curve; it seems to be | quite irregular, and hence the only way of calculating the effects of any given change poe volume is to measure the ordinates of the curve constructed by actual experiment. | As may be supposed, the pressures indicated | by experiment are not nearly so regular and steady as corresponding experiments on |a gas would be, and the actual form of the ; curves will depend on the quality of the cork experimented on. The last point of importance in this in- quiry relates to the permanence of elasticity in cork. So far as preservation of elas- tici y during years of compression is con- cerned, we have the evidence of wine corks to show that a considerable range of elas- ticity is retained for a very long time. With respect to cork subjected to repeated compression and extension, I have very little evidence to offer beyond this—that cork which had been compressed and re- leased in water many thousand times had not changed its molecular structure in the least, and had continued perfectly service- able. Cork which has been kept under }a pressure of 3 atmospheres for many | weeks appears to have shrunk to from 80 to fs per cent of its original volume. I will conclude this lecture by bringing | under your notice two novel applications of cork tothe arts. Before the lecture-table stands a water-raising apparatus called a hydraulic ram. ‘The structure of the ma- chine is shown by a diagram on the wall. | The ram consists of an inclined pipe which jleads the water from a reservoir into a chamber which terminates in a valve open- ing inward. Branching up from ~~ chamber is a passage leading to a valv | opening outward and communicating with a regulating vessel which is usually filled | with air, but which I prefer to fill with pa and water. Immediately beyond the inner | valve is inserted a delivery-pipe, which is | laid to the spot to which the water has to be | pumped, in this case to the fountain jet in | the middle of this pan. The action of the | ram is as follows: The outer valve, which opens inward, is, in the first instance, held |open, and a flow of water is allowed to take | place through it down the pipe and chamber. The valve is then released, and is instantly i | | | | shut by the current of water which is thus sud- denly stopped, and, in consequence, delivers a blow similar to that produced by the fall of ahammer on an anvil, and just as the bammer jumps back from the anvil so does the water recoil back to a sma!! extent along tain portion of water is forced by virtue of the blow through the inner valve, opening outward, into the cork vessel, and so to the delivery-pipe, and instantly afterward the recoil causes a partial vacuum to form in the body of the ram, and permits the atmos pheric preesure to open the outer valve and re-establish a rush of water as soon as th recoil has expended itself. In the little ram before you this action, which it bas taken so long to describe, is repeated 140 times in a@ minute The ram is now working. You hear the regular pulses of the valve, and you see a jet of water rising some 10 feet into the air I throw the electric light onthe water, and l ask youto tice the regularity of the flow. You can, indeed, detect the pulses of the ram in the fountain, but that is because I am only using a reguiatipg vessel of the same capacity as that generally used for air, and you will re t that 44 per cent {f the substar f Cork @ SOllG and ine .asti Db) ising @ cock I can cut off the cork vesse! fro: 18 ram; you see the regularity of the jet nas disappeared: it pow goes in leaps apd ipa ti $7 +. ee , ee eS »* ow sess] .-aSE~ 6 qa ane 4 4a. pore” ‘ “ rs 2 THE TRON AGH. ANSONIA BRASS AND COPPER CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE, For Blectrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. a eet an (Waterbury Brass Co. Seamless Brass and MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass WIRE, W.E. DODGE. ee ae ae ESTABLISHED a. 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Agricultural Implement Makers, Plow Manufacturers, Carriage _., , SRBUELARS. ¢ and Wagon Makers, Hoe, Rake, Fork, STEEL BARB WIRE FENCING, ae Axe, Axle, Machinery, Special Naess 1 Seu ete eel Manufacturers and Dealers can “Ss. & C.” : ey bay here have their wants promptly and satisfactorily supplied. ais . os aa ae UCCESSORS TO W. g. Tee MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS, STEEL AND GALVANIZED WIRE, FOUNDRY RIDDLES, COKE AND COAL SCREENS, W.S. TYLER, Pres, E. H. ALLEN, Bee. & Treas CLEVELAND. OHIO. inhouse Send for Catalogue. “Kelly” Yielding Steel Points New York Office, 104 READE 8ST. Chicago Office, 202 First Nat. Bank Building. (No. 161] 523 ARCH sr. Does Not Lacerate Stock. ee a ee Estab’d 1618, Incorp’d 1874. THE “Red Star.” » GILBERT & BENNETT MFG. CO. 2 = can = 42 om St., New Yor 8 Lake St. “tikes. Ills. ee Cas oF lron & Galvanized Wire Sleves and Wire Cloth. Power Loom Painted and Gal- Covered with Celebrated Kelly Point. ized Wire Cloth for Se Fruits, Warld’s Gai. eb Wire Fence, Gal- t Wire Poultry Address THORN WIRE HEDGE CO,, CHICAGO. ‘THE UNITED STATES I})itis Company, 26 Broadway, New York. oun Netting. Factories, Georgetown, Conn. NIEN-TSI CH NESE LACQUER, Manufactured by ALBERT ASSMAN & Zone. WEQUALLED | ree en ae wen, ork, Brass, Nickel, Copper. Silver, B . Also resists dampness, KEROSENF OIL ae one PLY I SPECKS. be applied without heating m ents, | H. 5. ALLEN meee : C0. | 112 John St. New York. eal sole Implements, and on oe | tfon ‘ Ly hinery Architectural — PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER, | The most perfect Anti-Friction Hanger in the Market, BBOCOAUSE It is made of steel throughout, except the wheel which steelaxle. It will not break. It is practically free aroun =e It is Othnos noiseless in action. It requires no oil. It has a broad bearing on the door, and jreppe in line. It ig by far the most durable, It may be used with any track. It is always in order. LANE’S PATENT TRACK Is made of eons an ane 18 easily put in position. Catches and holds ewe ice. bung thereon seanes Seate the track. Is not ject , Mag uires no fitting, is ready at be used with hanoetse other manufacture, — oe “Manutactered ty LANE BROS. Pountcepsic, x. v. JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO., General Agents, 113 Chambers Street, NEW YORK. POET PHOSPHOR-BRONZE For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin- der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, Bushings, and all pu 3 where TRADE MARKS: Maximum Durability, Auti-Frietiona! and Non-Cutting Qualities are desir - . able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts. Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &c Combine Toughness, Strength, Dane : OY, (Ope. 1 pbility and Resistance to Corrosion. - ay Castings of all-kinds to order. Send r the use of the several Patents owned by them. These Patents cover processes for the produe- tion of “ Mitis Castings” in Wrought Iron and Steel, and improvements in furnaces for melting and heating. Tbe Mitis Castings made in accordance with the ventions covered by these Patents retain in every respect all the valuable qualities of he Wrought Lron and Steel (Scrap) from which they are made, do not require annealing, can be velded and worked under the hammer as well as the raw materials. Full particulars furnished on application. W. F. DURFEE General Manager, Room 67. 26 Broadway, NEW YORK. WIRE NAIL MACHINES HARDMAN PATENT. Thoroughly Tested and in Suc- cessful Operation. This company is how prepared to issue licenses Yor prices and particulars address the Manufacturers, BIRMINGHAM IRON FOUNDRY, FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS, ___ BIRMINGHAM, CONN. E.T. BARNUM, for pamphlet and prices. MANUFACTURER THE PHOSPHOR- BRONZE SMELTING Co., LTD., IRE AND ~~ wo. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. IRON WOR Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents. Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8 Detroit, Mich. THE CELEBRATED 2 cage SILVER FINISH” ft vole allagaters in U8 4 Galvanized POULTRY NETTINGS. THE PARLOR MPG, ©COn | pom SALE BY THE HARDWARE TRADE. GET THE BEST. 85 Fulton St., Boston. 2, ey BLAKE & JOHNSON, Watersury, Conn. Philadelphia Office, f ae re ; | TOM ANS] eel addedded Maeda? ple SA LUDLOW-SAYLOR WIRE CO. oT. rIoOoUIsS, MO. SS SSE So Ory Nix i , Xe ON SS OUT see SOS OS i a errrenscee ¢ Tenaeeris WIRE. ae reitevait WIRE ROPE Counter Railings, Window Guards, Iron and Wire Fences, Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. ROOF CRESTING, Tower Ornaments, Vanes, and Stable Fittings. FULL LINE OF EACH MANUFACTURED BY , National Wire Iron Co., er" Send for Catalogue, stating your wants. Liberal Discounts to the Trade. Sax nM Tuompson McCosu, President. Joun A. McCosa, Sec’y and Treas. McCosh Iron & Steel Co, MANUFACTURERS, SC) IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS. Offices, Factories and Warchouses, BOUNDARY, OSBORN AND AGENCY STREETS, BURLINGTON, IOWA. The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by th: HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisville, N. ¥. We also manufacture extensively four different sizes Wire Clothes Lines. Send for Circulars and Price Lists, Oo. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, 55 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. es PENCER CO.HARTFORD CONN ee OF STANDARD MACHINE WRENCHES SINGLE AND DOUBLE END IN 16 SIZES DROP FORGED OF RAR STEFL | TAKING NUTS FOR/siINCH ., ~*~ UPTO AND INCLUDING i" a NUTS FORI%4 INCH BOLTSA # Pas and. o ey pore ¥ | AND ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF STEELAND ciel | OROP tees WICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N. ¥Y.. MANUFACTURERS OF WirRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goops Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, THE BILUNG - “CORTLAND” Wy oe T Coa Sieves, SCREE Flour Sieves, WIRE CLOTH. Etc., Etc. Wetallle Coal Siers. a ’ a Gp te > wee ere : has sls. ean Seren noe daa —— er us a — ss ieee le i, : rt = ES Tig = Az = Sw wm 4 ee Oy ws oe, Las tt hor ot —— TERE rz o . é y 7 ‘ . < . . s rs SS FS & 2 ge + ees > - x 4 * 5 + ¥ 4. THE IRON AGE. OGDEN & WALLACE, Marshall Lefferts & Co., 85,87, 89 & 91 Elm St., New York. 0 Beekman oan New York City. MANUFACTURERS OF Iron == Steel Galvanized Sheet Iron, Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.'s Best Bloom, Best Refined and Oommon. IRON AND NAIL CO., Cut N ails BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. | Hoop and band trom Galvanised Kod aud Bar Iron, All sizes of Cast and Machinery Steel con- Pips ee ee S P ] K E S . n ly on —= 4 ee CORRUGATED SHEET IRON ones oe PIERSON & CO For Roofing, &6,, Galvanized, Piain or Paintea. |J. 8 SORANTON, Sales Agent, tt sf | Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common 81, 883 and 85 Washington Street, MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT NEW YORK. Planished Sheet Iron. Patented an 1873 j Se th, 1873 ; Oct. N’S 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 18 dot rth, 876s Jan. rth, 18977 ; Feb, eth i Oot Dec. roth, 1878 ; Jan, roth, 1882 : Jan. 1st, 1884 5 _— rath, 1884 ; March 4th, 1884 ; Jan. 6th, Sbebntcet bibtdicdton owl Abd. HORSE SHOES IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, * | and ato less price. (ESTABLISHED 1790.) SHEET IRON. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN IRON and STEEL,| PLATE anp TANK IRON, C. H. No.1 Flange, Best Flange, And GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, po Es: &hs 24, 25, 26 & 27 West Street, NEW YORK. sn. noses op ABEEL BROTHERS, |rs= =! sets we ne Price list and quotations sent upon application. sirieandeaical nti tna itt seca terernet elie ESTABLISHED 1765 B. F. JUDSON, Iron * Merchants, Importer of and Dealer in ALso | 190 SOUTH ST., NEW YORK SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata sid natin , Pi KTron,| “Burden Best” |®tack SHEET IRON “ CATASAUQUA” IRON. Ss . Senssth On tot ottes. Large Assortment of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand. WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, ‘ARM CO.’ SHAFTING. OLD MBTALS. Iron SYRACUSE oe en aan ee fron | $57 & 459 Water St»! NEW YORK, ; - M ALLE ABLE IRON ee eee ate | Boiler Rivets. wb eiek dices! A, R. WHITNEY & CO., HICKS & DICKEY, SYRACUSE, - N.Y. 413 Commerce St., PHILA., PA. lron, Steel & Forgings STEEL CASTINGS. ee ene IRON & St & SOFT STEEL LD ROLLED & TU! TURNED SHAFTING. Iron and Steel AGENCIES: PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited, M ft Steel and Cut —o and sone. NORWAY STEEL & IRON 0OO,, Homogeneous BAY STATE IRON CO., Tank, Boiler and Girder BRANDYWINE BOLLING MILL. Rater Plates. GLASGOW TUBE WORKS. Boiler Flues M THE BURDEN IRON CO,| "us Pen sine TROY N. Y. W. B. BURNS, Proprirror. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., EVERSON, HAMMOND & CO., Iron Merchants, vibtenb nas, PA. Cor, ALBANY & WASHINGTON $15, Sheet Steel NEW YORK CITY. Wu. H. Wallace. Wm. Bispham. ££. C. Wallace. For Roofing and Corrugating. OPEN-HEARTH STEEL, INGOTS and BILLETS. WM. McFARLAND, SHEET IRON, All Grades. s{lron and Brass Founder, GENctEs : CROWN & CUMBERLAND STEEL CO., CAST TOOL STEEL. HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Tire, Toe, Sleigh, Machinery, Spring Steel, &c. CHARLES L. BAILEY & CO., Chesapeake Nails. HARTMAN STEEL CO., Ltd., Steel Wire Nails. on lication mail. Sample pieces at office. ane a es + Broadway, New York. Borden & Lovell, 70 & 71 WEST ST., L. N. LOVELL, CG. A, GREENE, 4 New York. H. L. FREELAND, CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON ROOFING & SIDING, TRENTON, N. J. Chilled Cast Wire Dies, a Specialty. Any size or style made at short notice, Cast Iron Gas and Water Pipe. 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO,, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, No. 68 Wall St.. New York. DANIEL F. COONEY, 88 Washington St., New York, IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES Agents for the sale of FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.'S Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S NAILS AND SPIKES. BORDEN MINING CO.'S CUMBERLAND COAL. _ IMPORTED & AMERICAN PIG IRON. LAKE SUPERIOR CHARCOAL IRON, Purposes, For Malleable and Car-Wheel GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, Jn, Prest H. H. WESTINGHOUSE, Gen’l Agt. —T aw Westinghouse R. D. WOOD & CO., PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of —— GLASGOW IRON CO. PINE IRON WORKS, C CHARLES HIMKOD & CO., ALLISON BOILER FLUES. a st lro in Pi ipe eee me —_|OX MUZZLES|™4™? ?0SS, VALVES, £7c,| WE Senne OO cay Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants Eoghan, and i wold at wold at very low VERY LOW IN PRICE. JOHN BROWER, -|A. GARRISON & CO.,| Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and Chilled Rolls, BOTH SOLID AND HOLLOW. BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS, For eutting oe the ents: - Bolts and Rivets, on arn &c, Ask for them where you bay a hardware, or send for cir- ular and price CHAMBERS, BROTHER & Co., 62nd Sr., Bevtow Lancaster Ave., PHILADELPHIA, PA, PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON BEAMS, Channels, Angles, eo, Merchant Bars, Riveted Forgings, Bye Bars, &c., eae PATERSON, N. J. Room 45, Astor House, New Vert. CUT NAILS. Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &. DOVER IRON CO’S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, BAR IRON. FULLER BROTHERS & CO., 189 GREENWICH 8ST, NEW YORK. Haskin's Patent Double Spiral Pinions, and Roll- ing Mill Castings of every description, Ill Reade $t., New York SS TEL ok, BOA ne Bonnell, Botsford & Co.., _ IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO iren Foundry and Machine Shep. WRAS. B. ome Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa. OXFORD. D. wooo & co. td, PITTSBURGH, JOHN CALDWELL, Treas. the same apparatus as he Samees Sage ase se ee combined as to form p The saving in accidents, flat wheels, brakemen's wages, Oe ere perfect safety, will repay the cost of its application within J The “ Automatic” has web taSS OUD Hoe moss fictions Trek A.GARRISON, J.,H.RICKETSON, © WM. HOLMES. aromatic” has proved from Cin eparai, or ome or Pipe adie automa. “A the The WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE is now fitted to upward of 15,000 ENGINES AND 80 000 CARS and is adopted by the principal Railways in all parts of the world. FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION, on ant Cay tavazon nour sowen| RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE CoO,, cours sre meom |GONNELLSVILLE Capacity ot Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads, Office, 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. August 26, 1886, JAMES P. WITHEROW Engineer & Contractor, Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa., WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SOFT STEEL, specially adapted for A No. t Boiler Plates, Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts, Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. Will contract to completely erect, equip and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit- well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As I manufacture at our own works everything appertaining to Blast Furnace and Steel Works construction, can guarantee prompt- ness and satisfaction. Manhattan Rolling Mill. J. LEONARD, 77 & 179 Bank st, NEW YORK, MANUFACTURER OF HORSE SHOE IRON, Tue Calk Steel, Rods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats. HENRY KELLY, PuBLic ACCOUNTANT, 925 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. oe e .. and Steel Manufacturers’ Cost ts and whoter ten 4 Settlements. Late Chief ‘Accountant to Cam ria Tron Company. Howard, Childs & Co., Commission Merchants, Room 20, Lewis Block, Pittsburgh, Pa. /ron and Steel of all Descriptions, Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, Coa Hods, Dripping Pans, &c. Pittsburgh Manufactured Goods of all Kinds. Correspondence solicited. Prices on application. E. JENCKES MANFG. CO., PAWTUCEET, R. L, Bright Wire Goods, | Belt Hooks, D COTTERS. — a PINS, KEYS Wiss moot be ab cad’ teualiite. New Werk Ofice, SS Chambers Street, SAMUEL A. HAINES, Selling Agent T. W. WELSH, Supt. W. W. CARD, Secy. Air-Brake Co, PITTSBURGH, PA., VU. S. A. MANUFACTURERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE, Westinghouse Locomotive Driver Brake, Vacuum Brakes (Westinghouse & Smith Patents). FREIGHT BRAKE. as the Automatic Brake for one piece of and Safety Brake known. Its any car in the train if desired, and should . & GUARANTEE fs given custonee sicirurover nme | Hoge, Mule & Snow Shoes 2 Perkins Pattern. Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R. |. CHAS. J. STEBBINS, |..w.cstrascem mesame” © 61 rxnsiny det Manave MSTOCK: Seoretary On tas closes on sasdide sr eyented BROWN'S Elliptical Ring and Triple Groove Hog and Pig Ringer Only single Ring that that closes on the outside of the nose. le aherp points in the flesh to keep it sore. BERING & QUINLAN ©0O., Exclusive Manufacturers, Decatur, Ill. J, M. SCHOONMAKER. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF Pl Office DEA N 0.101 “é er August 26, 1886, THE IRON AGE. is) WiLLIiIAmM RR. BART c& ei se IRON ORES “Sinan MOHICAN PIG IRON. A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, t. d. d : comparing favorably with English 1 per cen upwar according to re- % quirements of buyers), West Coast Hematites. Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Billets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished. Old Iron and Stee! Rails, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. 226 Walnut Street, - ~ PHILADELPHIA. Heavy Rails, Light Rails, Railway Fastenings, —SPANISH, AFRICAN CASTLE PIG IRON. for Finest Steel (phosphorus uniformly low, sel- dom reaching .o3 per cent., and Silicon from ADDRESS Cambria Iron ‘Co.,: OFFICE, . WORES, 218 South Fourth St., Johnstown, Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania. The Phecenix Iron Co., 410 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and ail kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- struction of Fire-Proof Buildin 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 & CO., 61 Liberty St. Boston Agents, HOUDLETTE & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, ~ MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charceal Bicom PLATE é& SHEET IRON, ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, licited ially for Corrugated, "oy Pan and Elbow, Water — ans Tees eae | Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jac ww. H.WALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. 61 Pine St., New York, NEW AND OLD RAILS. BLOOMS. BESSEMER PiC. Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR Ta5 ere LONSDADE TRON & om CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand “ Ulverston ;” rand * U. OSS BAY De MATITE T IRON & STEEL CO., CAaaited, Spie; a os One et Lon* * Malleable Charcoal Pig Iron and N. B ALLEN & CO Smoke Stack, Iron, Ends, &c. Fire Bricks. PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A. & F. ROBERTS ce CO., MANUFACTURERS EDWARD J. ETTING IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT, 222 8. Tamp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON, OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount Savage Fire Brick. Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware. LYNCHBURG IRON CO, LYNCHBURG, VA., Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. STORAGE, WHARF anp YARD, Delaware Avenue, above Callowhill St., connected by track with rail- road. CASH ADVANCES MADE ON anon. JA8. G. LINDSAY. THOS, 8. PARVIN. LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., 328 Walnut St., Phila., lron and Steel Structural Material FOR ALL PUR Estimates furnished for lron and Steel Structures and Railway construction. Correspondence solicited with railroad contractors. L. & R. WISTER & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 257 Be. ath St., Philadelphia. AGENTS Kemble and Norway Foundry and Forge Pig Iron Wyebrooke C, B. Charcoal . Red Short Pig Iron. Pig Iron, Ferguson DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON. cieanioaagetaocgee MORRIS, WHEELER & CO., Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St., PHILA., PA. PHILA., PA. New York Address, 14 CLIFF 8T. HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and Sheet Iron and General Railway Equipments. Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and sold. 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. SALES OFFICES, Frank K. Esherick Barclay W. Cotton, ESHERICK & CO., 263 So, 4th ST. PHILADELPHIA lron and Steel of All Description. Selling eel ee eet Sie Fapenent en Co fod uch aati Meh sed wie 't. at < ron an Steet Rails. ails. "Holler Tubes; e, Car and Boat ae Awe” fed ee 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA. PA., SOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel my PIG IRON aime CHARCOAL PIG IRON. JUSTICE COX, ‘Ir. CHARLES K. BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR,, & CO,, AGENTS FOR CATASAUQUA M’F’G. CO,, Iron, steel, Bars, Boiler, Tank ied Bridge Plates; Skelp, Angles and Shapes; Chick'¢s, Montgome ry, Conewago and Alice Furnaces. BwPIiSG TRON for Foundries and Mills. ERIE FORGE CO., Lrp. Iron and Steel Forgings; ivery shape. 224 South Fourth v#4 South Fourth Street, - - _ Phila. +» Pa. Pa, Jerome Keeley & (o,, 206 Walnut Place, & op Selling Agents for CHARCOAL and ANTHRACITE BLOOMS, PIG IRON, BAR IRON, SHEET IRON, STEEL and IRON RAILS. IRON CLAD STEEL RAILS and BARS, MAGNETIC and HEMATITE IKON ORES, FIRE BRICK, COAL and COKE, MUCK BARS. Handle Old Iron and Steel Rails, Scrap Iron, &c. Examine and i negotiate sale 8 of Iron n and € Coal prope rties. | E. H. Wilson. A. Kaiser. J. B. M. Hirons. E. H. WILSON & CO., 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, BROKERS AND DEALERS IN IRON anv STEEL. Correspondence solicited. ‘J, W. HOFFMAN & CO, |RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 208 South ‘Fourth st., Philadelphia. Selling Agents P INE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand re GLASGOW IRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars ; SPR AN G STEEL & IRON Co. (Limited), Siemens Martin Opes. Hearth) Steel, Universal and Sheared Plates, Angles and Shapes. JNO. L. HOGAN, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 216 SOUTH FOURTH Si¥., PHILA. Pig Iron & Ores, Steel & Iron Blooms, Agent for Brier Hill on and Coal Co. oungstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, Charcoal Iron, Connellsville Coke, Old Rails, Scrap, &c. Andover Pig Itong. Each Pig meshed exact chill Gone | 04 in. in. {OK in.), . Whitney & Son’s stand 5: 4, Com PULLMAN, Agent. 240 So. 3d Sts Phila. Pepro G. SALOM, J.P. L. WesrTesson, SALOM & WESTESSON, Philadelphia Testing Laboratory, 2088 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Assayers and Metallurgists, Physical Testing. Established 1847. A. WHITNEY & SONS, CAR WHEEL WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, Also Woodbridge Clay Mining Co.’s Fire Brick. | Special Wheels for Furnace and Mine Cars, THE ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILLS, MANUFACTURERS OF Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn-Tables. as ae Office, 237 South Third 8t., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., Consnghocken, MANUFACTURERS OF PLATES, MERCHANT BAR. bate ob at IM ras e576 lated SHAFTING AND ROLLED OR HAMMERED AXLES OF IRON OR STEEL. Office, No. 26 8. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. Agency Fire-Brick Hot-Blast Stove Co. CORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU ENIGINEERS, No. 226 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (Formerly of Witherow & Gordon, Pittsburgh, Pa.) BLAST FURNACE CONSTRUCTION, STEEL WORKS CONSTRUCTION. SPECIALTIES: Gordon’s Patent Improved Whitwell-Cowper Stoves, Gordon's Patent Con- verter for Treating Molten Lron, Improved Regenerative Furnaces, Coke Regenerative Ovens, Blast Furnace Improved De- tails, Tuyere Stocks and Tuyere Attachments, Boiler Setting giving the Greatest Efficiency, Cinder Car, Kennedy & Gordon’s Patents. QUAKER CITY FACING MILLIS. Sond for Sample DDI: (Star) Stove Plate Facing. We Guarantee Perfect Satisfaction. Send for sample bbl XX Machinery Facing. § = RTI RIDDLES, SHOVELS, BELLOWS, STEEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHES, And all other Tools used fn a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. raw. PAZ SON xe CO.,;, DEALERS oe SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY ’ SUPPLIES, Now,1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pler 45 North, Del. Aves © » * PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Pig Iron, Foundry and Forge. Puddled Bars, Special for Axles, Best Neutral and Common. Plate and Sheet Steel, Every Gonnpee of of ish Plates and Plate and Sheet Iron, Best Bloom, Tube, Cleaned, Best Refined. Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common. &@” Particular attention given to Iron for Special Purposes. TESTED CHAINS. Bradlee & Go., Empire Chain Works, 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia. Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. “D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF ~ CUMBERLAND” NAILS & WROUGHT IRON PIPE, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. Tatnall Lea & Co., Successors to CABEEN & CO,, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. BESSEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS, NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE. BOOTH, GARRETT & BLAIR, ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St., above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa. Established in 1836. Analysis of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, pees for the r