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Discussions - Extractive Metallurgy DivisionT.B.King (Depaytment of Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)— A valuable contribution of the authors is in the factual information which they have been able to gather; this type of infor
Jan 1, 1960
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Discussions - Of Dr. Ledoux's Paper on Notes on Accidents Due to Combustion Within Air- Compressors (see p. 158)E. Hill, South Norwalk, Conn. (communication to the Secretary*) :—The phenomenon described by Dr. Ledoux, involving an apparently abnormal high temperature in the air-cylinders of compressors, has not
Jan 1, 1904
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Discussions - Of Messrs. Hubert's, Reinhardt's and Westgarth's Papers on Gas-Engine Practice (see pp. 647, 669 and 796)Adolph Greiner, Seraing, Belgium:—I have nothing special to add to Professor Hubert's paper except to say that there are some little things that it would be well to have corrected when the paper
Jan 1, 1907
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Discussions - Of Mr. Bache's Paper on Dust-Explosions in Coal-Mines (see p. 667)R. W. Raymond, New Pork, N. Y.:—I think Mr. Bache has put his finger on the chief source of the danger of dust-, or gas-and-dust, explosions in collieries. 1 mean the persistent determination of the m
Jan 1, 1910
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Discussions - Of Mr. Bordeaux's Paper on The Cyaniding of Silver-Ores in Mexico (see p. 764)HeRbert A. MeGRaw, San Luis de la Paz, Guanajuato, Mex. (communication to the Secretary*) :—Although Mr. Bordeaux prefaces his paper with the statement-that it is a general outline of practice in the
Jan 1, 1910
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Discussions - Of Mr. Bruuton's Paper on Modern Progress in Mining and Metallurgy in the Western United States (see p. 543)William Kent, New York, N. Y.:—The Institute may congratulate itself on the opportunity of reading the splendid address of President Brunton. It is an admirable summary of the progress that has been m
Jan 1, 1910
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Discussions - Of Mr. Campbell's Paper on The Classification of Coals (see p. 324)DR. PeRsifor Frazer, Philadelphia, Pa. (communication to the Secretary):* Mr. Campbell's very interesting contribution, after complimentary mention, finally decides against the acceptance of the
Jan 1, 1906
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Discussions - Of Mr. Campbell's Paper on The Commercial Value of Coal-Mine Sampling (see p. 341)Mr. A. Bement, Chicago, Ill. (communication to the Secretary*) :—Mr. Campbell, in proposing his method of sampling coal-seams, has rendered an important service in insisting on the presentation of an
Jan 1, 1906
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Discussions - Of Mr. Clarke's Paper on Electrical Apparatus for Coal-Mining (see p. 134)W. L. SaundeRs, New York City (communication to the Secretary*):—Notwithstanding the sweeping statements made by Mr. Clarke in this paper, the friends of compressed air are not dismayed. There is no w
Jan 1, 1904
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Discussions - Of Mr. Colby's Paper on Comparison of American and Foreign Rail-Specifications, with a Proposed Standard Specification to Cover American Rails Rolled for Export (see p. 576)E. Windsor Richards, London, England:—In reading this paper the most interesting point to me mas the question of the maximum percentage of phosphorus allowable in the steel rail. Mr. Colby said, and w
Jan 1, 1907
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Discussions - Of Mr. Douglas's Paper on Conservation of Natural Resources (see p. 419)James DouGlas, New York, N. Y. (communication to the Secretary*):—In my paper on the Conservation of Natural Resources, I referred to the slow replacement of bee-hive ovens by the by-product ovens as
Jan 1, 1910
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Discussions - Of Mr. Emmons' Paper on the Secondary Enrichment of Ore-Deposits (see Trans., xxx., In)George Smith, Sydney, N. S. Wales (communication to the Secretary): The very interesting paper by Mr. Emmons on " The Secondary Enrichment of Ore-Deposits " has just come under my notice; and its refe
Jan 1, 1903
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Discussions - Of Mr. Field's Paper on the Condition and Action of Carbon in Iron and Steel (see p. 559)William Metcalf, Pittsburg, Pa. (communication to the Secretary*): I am greatly pleased that some one has at last reached what I have long regarded as the only rational explanation yet given of the re
Jan 1, 1904
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Discussions - Of Mr. Gayley's Paper on The Application of Dry-Air Blast to the Manufacture of Iron (see Trans., xxxv., 746)Joseph W. RichaRds, South Bethlehem, Pa. (communication to the Secretary*): The hold experiment of Mr. James Gayley in drying the blast used in the Isabella furnace has attracted the attention of the
Jan 1, 1906
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Discussions - Of Mr. Gayley's Paper on The Application of Dry-Air Blast to the Manufacture of Iron, published under the title of Blast-Furnace Practice (see Trans., xxxv., 746; also p. 315 of the present volume)A Discussion of the papers of James Gayley, on "The Application of Dry-Air Blast to the Manufacture of Iron" (see Trans., XXXV., 746, 1022, also pp. 315 and 745 of the present volume, and of J. E. Joh
Jan 1, 1906
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Discussions - Of Mr. Hall's Paper on The Use of High Percentages of Fine Ore in a Charcoal Blast-Furnace (see p. 360)R. H. Sweetser, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (communication to the Secretary*):—The recent work of furnace No. 1 of The Algoma Steel .Co., at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, using for fuel, first all charcoal, t
Jan 1, 1906
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Discussions - Of Mr. Hammond's Paper on Gold-Mining in the Transvaal (see p. 817)Thomas Haight Leggett, London, Eng. (communication to the Secretary): Mr. Hammond has given us a concise yet complete description of the Witwatersrand gold-fields, and the character of the operations
Jan 1, 1902
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Discussions - Of Mr. Hammond’s Paper on Professional Ethics (see Trans., xxxix., 620)Prof. HEnRy Louis, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Eng. (communication to the Secretary*):—I welcome Mr. Hammond's paper as an attempt to give definiteness to the best modern professional practice. Such a c
Jan 1, 1910
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Discussions - Of Mr. Hedburg's Paper on the Missouri and Arkansas Zinc-Mines at the Close of 1900 (see p. 379)Prof. J. C. BRanner, Stanford University, Cal. (communication to the Secretary): On p. 398, Mr. Hedburg mentions Marionite and Brannerite as ores of zinc. Neither of these has been authoritatively rec
Jan 1, 1902
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Discussions - Of Mr. Howe's Paper on the Constitution of Cast-Iron, with Remarks on Current-Opinions Concerning It (see p. 318)J. E. Stead, Middlesborough, England (communication to the author): Prof. Howe's valuable paper on cast-iron brings forward most prominently the correct explanation of the part played by combined
Jan 1, 1902