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Betört, 3 m T2 long X 0.66 X 0.40, weighing 810 kilog.=
1,620 lbs. ; price, 100 francs = $20. Betört, 2 m 75 X 0.545
X 0.315, weighing 560 kilog. = 1,120 lbs. ; price, 70 francs.
Befractory bricks, for the crucible and boshes of blast-fur-
naces; price, 65 francs per 1,000 kilos — per ton. Bricks
for rolling mills, Sieinen’s furnaces, Bessemer steel-works,
coke-ovens, etc., at 35 francs per 1,000 kilos. = about $7 per
ton. Bricks—"artificial saudstone for chimneys and tow-
ers for the condensation of acids, at 50 francs per 1,000 kilos.
Cascade denitrante, in artificial sandstone, at 130 francs per
piece. Cylinder, in artificial saudstone, with bottom, l m 05
high X l m 00 in diameter, for condensing acids, at 85 francs
per piece. Cylinder, in artificial sandstone, without bottom,
l m 00 X l m 00 in diameter, for condensing acids, at 65 francs
each.
This Company also make a specialty of supplying furnaces
and metallurgical establishments with refractory materials of
the best quality, at the following rates: For glass-works’
pots, crucibles, etc., 15 and 18 francs per 1,000 kilogs.
Calcined earths for crucibles, at 28 to 35 francs. Calcined
quartz, at 20 francs per 1,000 kilogs.
The establishment was founded in 1856, and it has received
awards at several of the great exhibitions.
Toxgued and Geooved Fire-Brick.
A novelty, in the form of tongued and
grooved fire-brick, was seen, but the ex-
hibitor’s name was not obtained. The
annexed outline will give an idea of the
form.
Betorts for the Distillation of Zixc.
N. J. Dor, Director of the mines and works of M. L. de
Lamine, ä Ampsin pres Huy (province de Liege), exhibited
improved crucibles for the distillation of zinc, made under
hydraulic pressure, in a machine speeially designed for the
purpose, invented by the exhibitor. This machine has been
in Operation for fixe years at the works of M. de Lamine, and
similar machines are used at Yielle-Montagne and other es
tablishments. The crucibles made in this manner are remark-
