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The manufacture of iron, in all its various branches. : Including a description of wood-cutting, coal-digging, and the burning of charcoal and coke; the digging and roasting of iron ore; the building and management of blast furnaces, working by charcoal, coke, or anthracite; the refining of iron, and the conversion of teh crude into wrought iron by charcoal forges adn puddling furnaces. Also, a description of forge hammers, rolling mills, blast machines, hot blast, etc. etc. etc. To which is added, an essay on the manufacture of steel