Author: John Fulton

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-05

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 9780265369746

Excerpt from Coke; A Treatise on the Manufacture of Coke and Other Prepared Fuels and the Saving of by-Products: With Special References to the Methods and Ovens Best Adapted to the Production of Good Coke From the Various American Coals In this investigation it became evident that two principal requirements were demanded in blast-furnace fuel: hardness of body and fully developed cellular structure; the first property to resist the dissolution of the fuel, in its passage down the furnace, from the attack of hot carbonic-acid gas, and the second to assure its rapid combustion and calorific energy in the melting zone of the furnace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.