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Page 143
... blast furnaces at Dry Creek , near Adelaide , and sailed for England before they were lit. Again the mists closed on Crotty as the small blast furnaces were assembled on the northern edge of the plateau . The first furnace was lit on 2 ...
... blast furnaces at Dry Creek , near Adelaide , and sailed for England before they were lit. Again the mists closed on Crotty as the small blast furnaces were assembled on the northern edge of the plateau . The first furnace was lit on 2 ...
Page 144
... blast furnaces , while Mitchell quietly approached the metallurgist at Queenstown , and then his assistant , with offers of handsome salaries if they came to Crotty . The small blast furnaces were better than the monster rever- beratory ...
... blast furnaces , while Mitchell quietly approached the metallurgist at Queenstown , and then his assistant , with offers of handsome salaries if they came to Crotty . The small blast furnaces were better than the monster rever- beratory ...
Page 147
... blast - furnace stack surrounded by seventy thousand bricks . He closed the furnaces and erected arc lights on the hill to enable bricklayers to work day and night on the chim- ney . The cessation of smelting had so strained the ...
... blast - furnace stack surrounded by seventy thousand bricks . He closed the furnaces and erected arc lights on the hill to enable bricklayers to work day and night on the chim- ney . The cessation of smelting had so strained the ...
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