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           Infact,theCatalanmethod,properlysocalled,requirestheconstructionofkilnsandcrucibles,inwhichtheoreandthecoal,placedinalternatelayers,aretransformedandreduced,ButCyrusHardingintendedtoeconomizetheseconstructions,andwishedsimplytoform,withtheoreandthecoal,acubicmass,tothecenterofwhichhewoulddirectthewindfromhisbellows.Doubtless,itwastheproceedingemployedbyTubalcain,andthefirstmetallurgistsoftheinhabitedworld.NowthatwhichhadsucceededwiththegrandsonofAdam,andwhichstillyieldedgoodresultsincountrieswhichinoreandfuel,couldnotbutsucceedwiththesettlersinLincolnIsland.

           Thecoal,aswellastheore,wascollectedwithouttroubleonthesurfaceoftheground.Theyfirstbroketheoreintolittlepieces,andcleansedthemwiththehandfromtheimpuritieswhichsoiledtheirsurface.Thencoalandorewerearrangedinheapsandinsuccessivelayers,asthecharcoal-burnerdoeswiththewoodwhichhewishestocarbonize.Inthisway,undertheinfluenceoftheairprojectedbytheblowing-machine,thecoalwouldbetransformedintocarbonicacid,thenintooxideofcarbon,itsusebeingtoreducetheoxideofiron,thatistosay,toriditoftheoxygen.

           Thustheengineerproceeded.Thebellowsofsealskin,furnishedatitsextremitywithanozzleofclay,whichhadbeenpreviouslyfabricatedinthepotterykiln,wasestablishedneartheheapofore.

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