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Vacuum Electric-Arc Furnace.

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Patent for "an improved electric furnace having means to positively insure the thorough fusion or reduction of the substances placed therein without loss due to combustion or the oxidation of such substances, while at the same time providing an effective distribution of the heat and the prevention of the loss of carbon by combustion" (lines 17-25). Includes instructions and illustrations.

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3 sheets, 4 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Eldridge, Hilliary; Wright, George Hudson & Clark, Daniel J. June 1, 1897.

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  • Eldridge, Hilliary Hilliary Eldridge, George Hudson Wright, and Daniel J. Clark, of Galveston, Texas.
  • Wright, George Hudson Hilliary Eldridge, George Hudson Wright, and Daniel J. Clark, of Galveston, Texas.
  • Clark, Daniel J. Hilliary Eldridge, George Hudson Wright, and Daniel J. Clark, of Galveston, Texas.

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  • Main Title: Vacuum Electric-Arc Furnace.
  • Added Title: Vacuum Electric Arc Furnace.

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Patent for "an improved electric furnace having means to positively insure the thorough fusion or reduction of the substances placed therein without loss due to combustion or the oxidation of such substances, while at the same time providing an effective distribution of the heat and the prevention of the loss of carbon by combustion" (lines 17-25). Includes instructions and illustrations.

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3 sheets, 4 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,618, dated June 1, 1897. Application filed February 24, 1896. Serial No. 580,439. (No model.)"

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  • June 1, 1897

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  • June 1, 1897

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  • February 24, 1896

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Eldridge, Hilliary; Wright, George Hudson & Clark, Daniel J. Vacuum Electric-Arc Furnace., patent, June 1, 1897; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174626/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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