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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 360




NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 25, 1882

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XIV, No. 360.

Scientific American established 1845

Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

I. ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.--Soaking Pits for Steel Ingots.
--On the successful rolling of steel ingots with their own
initial heat by means of the soaking pit process. By JOHN GJERS.
6 figures.--Gjers' soaking pits for steel ingots.