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[November 9, 191 1 



to be largely increased. This will be the procedure at 

 Skinningru\r(' for making rails. 



(6) For melting turnings, especially high-sp<.-ed turnings. 

 These make e-Kiellent scrap for the electric furnace. 

 Nickel scrap can be melted without any loss of nickel. 



There are two aspects of the present position of a com- 

 paratively now industrj. One is the progress made during 

 the year, and an endeavour has been made to present that 

 point of view, .\nother aspect is the actual state of the 

 industry at present, and that can best be judged by the 

 following two tables representing the furnaces, capacities, 

 and kind of work done by all the furnaces under the care 

 of the two principal firms already named. A very interest- 

 ing item in the induction-furnace list is the entry represent- 

 ing the fart that the Kjellin furnace has been adopted for 

 melting the metal for the manufacture of those delightful, 

 though expensive, culinary vessels of pure nickel so much 

 appreciated now. 



hist of 11,1, 'lilt Furnaces in Cimstruction or Operation. 



Country 



Englaud 



Austria 



Belgium 



France 



Germany 



Italy 

 Russia 



Sweden 



Switzerland 

 Canada 



United States 



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Firm 



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Edgar Alien and Co., Ltd.,\ 

 Sheffield / 



Skinningrove Iron Co., York-) 

 shire / 



Vickers, Ltd., Sheffield 



Thos. Firth & Sons, Ltd., 



Sheffield 



Lake and Elliott, Braintree 

 Kaernthner Eisen & StahH 



Werke / 



Gebr. Bcihler & Cie. A.G./ 



Kapfenberg 

 Bruder Lapp, Rottenmann, 



Works, Steiermark ... 

 Danner & Co., Judenberg 

 Sociit^ des Usines M6tallur-1 



giques du Hainaiit, Coultret/ 

 Sociittf Anonyme Ougr^e-Mari-\ 



hayi, near Liege / 



Soci6ttf ElectroM^tallurgiquel 



Fran(;aise, La Praz, Savoie . . . ( 

 Aciiries du Saut du Tarn, St.\ 



Juery 



Usine M^tallur^ique de 



Basse Loire, 'I'ncnac... 

 Works of August Thyssen : 

 Deutscher Kaiser Stahlwerke,! 



Bruckhausen / 



Deutscher Kaiser Stahlwerke,! 



Miilheim / 



Deutscher K.iiser Stahlwerke,! 



Bruckhausen / 



Stahl*erke Richard Linden- j 



berg, Remscheid-Hasten ...| 



Bismarckhiitte, Upper Silesia... | 



Mannesniann Riihren Werke, \ 



Saarbri'icken, Burbach ..] 



Romb.icher Hiittenwetke,/ 



Rombach .. ... ...( 



Deutsch Lu.remburgische,/ 



Dortmund \ 



Societa Tubi Mannesmann,f 



Dalmine .. ... ,..\ 



Imperial Steel Works, Obu 



chow, St. Petersburg ... 

 Aktiengesellschaft der HiittenV 



und mechanischen Werke, } ' 



Ssormovo ;, 



Soci<£t6 G.6nfrale des Hts.V 



Fourneaux & Aci^ries en>! 



Russie, Makrjawka ) 



Aktiebolaget Hiroults Elek-\ 



triska Stal, Kortfors / 



Georg Fischer, Schaflfliausen ... 

 Electro Metals, Welland ...| 



United States Steel Corpora-) 



tion, S. Chicago \ 



United States Steel Corpora -"i 



lion, Worcester / 



Firth-Stirling Co., Syracuse./ 



New York ... ... .i\ 



Halcomb Steel Co., Syracuse,) 



New York i 



Crucible Steel Co. of America,) 



Pittsburg, Pa / 



Cie. Mexicano Aciero & Pro-1 



ductos Chemicos _. .„/ 



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