Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Electric Furnace, Its Evolution, Theory and Practice
The halo of romance, that has always surrounded electricity in all its forms, has caused the wildest schemes to be originated, and has given them a hearing; while, on the other hand, prae ticable electric smelting processes have been considered vision'ary.
In this book, it has been the author's purpose to trace the evolution of the electric furnace from its simplest beginnings, and to set forth, as-brie?y as is consistent with clearness, the more important facts relating to its theory and practice.
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