Show A VALUABLE INVENTION first clasa steel mad directly from iron ore george B wilson a young man employed af the american iron works at pittsburg has patented a direct process for malting steel from iron ore the invention has already been tested and has proved moat successful cast iron of any quality is melted in a common iron cipalo furnace and a given quantity ia tapped with an ordinary crano ladle which is swung around to the side of the converter there is a fire brick lining to the con and a conical covering out of an aion funnel opens on the bottom are placed a number ol 01 small cylindrical pots lined with brick and fire clay into the bottom of one of these pots is placed a glyen quantity of of soda the bunace of which is leveled and covered with a circular perforated plate of thick cast iron at the side ot the cylinder is a hooper covered by a loose hinged flap of boiler plate this is I 1 raised and the ladle full of cast iron is poured into the converter falling on top of the perforated plate thia becomes gradually heated and a reaction boon commences in the nitrate resulting in the of brown nitrous i fumes these are followed by blask isu gray and whitish fumes mixed with steam in five or six minutes deflagration ensues the converter is then attached and the contents of the pot consisting of crude steel and slag aro emptied on the floor this steel can be used as it is or again heated and rolled into suitable sizes and shapes the product welds well and ia excellent material from which t make caststeel |