First Century of National Existence: The United States as They Were and are ... Mineral Wealth ... Public Lands ... Internal Trade ... Immigration ... Banking ... Insurance ... Literature and Authors ...L. Stebbins, 1874 - 586 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 78
Page 17
... Present State of Virginia , " published in London in 1705 , makes mention of iron works which were commenced on Falling Creek , and of glass - houses which were about to be con- structed at Jamestown just previous to the great massacre ...
... Present State of Virginia , " published in London in 1705 , makes mention of iron works which were commenced on Falling Creek , and of glass - houses which were about to be con- structed at Jamestown just previous to the great massacre ...
Page 21
... present time they are so used in the bloomary fires . They are found in inex- haustible beds of all dimensions lying among the micaceous slates and gneiss rocks . These beds are sometimes so extensive that they appear to make up the ...
... present time they are so used in the bloomary fires . They are found in inex- haustible beds of all dimensions lying among the micaceous slates and gneiss rocks . These beds are sometimes so extensive that they appear to make up the ...
Page 22
... present in the ore , that it requires no other flux in the blast furnace . Its per - cent- age of iron is from 25 to 35. Along the line of outcrop of some of the carbonates are found deposits of hematite ores , the result of superficial ...
... present in the ore , that it requires no other flux in the blast furnace . Its per - cent- age of iron is from 25 to 35. Along the line of outcrop of some of the carbonates are found deposits of hematite ores , the result of superficial ...
Page 31
... present bold ledges of hard , slaty , sili- cious rock , which lie inclined at an angle of 25 ° to 30 ° toward the south - west . Near the top the strata are more or less charged with the red peroxide of iron , and loose blocks of great ...
... present bold ledges of hard , slaty , sili- cious rock , which lie inclined at an angle of 25 ° to 30 ° toward the south - west . Near the top the strata are more or less charged with the red peroxide of iron , and loose blocks of great ...
Page 38
... present day , in relation to the manu- facture of iron , we must count those by which iron ores , hitherto regarded as worthless , have proved either by new processes or by mix- ture with other ores , or with cast iron , the best of all ...
... present day , in relation to the manu- facture of iron , we must count those by which iron ores , hitherto regarded as worthless , have proved either by new processes or by mix- ture with other ores , or with cast iron , the best of all ...
Contents
182 | |
223 | |
224 | |
228 | |
240 | |
240 | |
241 | |
244 | |
135 | |
140 | |
141 | |
147 | |
153 | |
157 | |
159 | |
165 | |
168 | |
169 | |
180 | |
182 | |
249 | |
325 | |
337 | |
406 | |
415 | |
422 | |
428 | |
437 | |
561 | |
572 | |
573 | |
574 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Academy American amount annual anthracite banks Baptist beds bituminous bituminous coal Boston called canal capital carbon Carolina cent Christ church coal coal oils colonies commenced Company Connecticut connection copper cost denomination district doctrine emigrants England Episcopal Erie canal established exports faith feet Female College fire furnaces gold heat hematite houses important increased institutions iron Lake land lead man-catchers manufacture Mass Massachusetts ment metal Methodist miles mines ministers nearly North Carolina Ohio operation Orleans oxide paper passed Pennsylvania Philadelphia pig iron pipes population portion Presbyterian produce pyrites quantity railroad river sandstone shales silver steel success supply Synod teachers Theological Seminary Thursday in June tion tons Total town trade United University Virginia Wednesday in June western Yale College York YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY zinc