Coalville Times | 1901-11-22 | Page 6 | First Use the Hot Blast

riral I'M of the tlul tllaav Jnmnti M. Bwiiuk, In a government 1 rapurt un Iron and ate.-l. anya: Tito flret practical ai'pllcutliin of tha hut , lilaat to the manufacture of pig Iron tn thla country w.ia made at the Oxford Ox-ford furnace In New Jeraey, in 1 s:t t. by Wlllhim lleniy. the iiiiiniicr. The waala bent at the tymp piiHsed over tha aurfni of a uent of a nnll i at Iron plpea, through wtilrh(tlie hlnht wart 04)nveyed to the furnace. The teiu-perature teiu-perature waa rnliril to .',0 dctHcca Fuhietihelt and the product of the furnace fur-nace waa IncieiiMi'tl aUiut 10 pt cunt. In lh:fli a hot hlnat oven, couiiilulug caat Iron arched ilua. ni placed on tha top of the Ntiick by Mr. Henry and heated by the Itiiuie fioin the tuuuid bead, lly thla meuna the tetupiiratiiia ' of the biant waa nil-cl to fiiu ilnrcva. Tba fuel uned wna charcoal.