By aid of the microscope it is possible actually to look into the structure of these materials. TABLE A IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 1912 ┌──────────┬─┬──────────┬─┬────────────────────┬─┬─────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ 3000 Furnaces. │ │ Bar Iron, Sheets. │ │ │ │ │ │ WROUGHT IRON. │ │ Pipe, Boiler Tubes, │ │ │ │ │↗│ 1,637,582 tons │→│Stay Bolts. Stock for│ │ │ │ │ │ (750,000 tons Pig │ │ Cementation and │ │ │ │ │ │ Iron used). │ │ Crucible Steel. │ └──────────┴─┴──────────┴─┴────────────────────┴─┴─────────────────────┘ ┌──────────┬─┬──────────┬─┬────────────────────┬─┬─────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ 102 Plants. │ │ Rails, Axles, Rods, │ │ │ │ │ │ BESSEMER STEEL. │ │ Wire, Nails. │ │ │ │ │↗│ 1,327,900 tons │→│ Structural Shapes. │ │ │ │ │ │(11,000,000 tons Pig│ │ Pipe, Bar Steel, │ │ │ │ │ │ used). │ │ Steel Castings. │ └──────────┴─┴──────────┴─┴────────────────────┴─┴─────────────────────┘ ┌──────────┬─┬──────────┬─┬────────────────────┬─┬─────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ 78 Plants. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ACID OPEN-HEARTH │ │Rails, Plate, Axles. │ │ │ │ │↗│ STEEL. │→│ Steel Castings. │ │ │ │ │ │ 1,139,221 tons │ │ Miscellaneous. │ │ │ │ │ │ (500,000 tons Pig │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ used). │ │ │ └──────────┴─┴──────────┴─┴────────────────────┴─┴─────────────────────┘ ┌──────────┬─┬──────────┬─┬────────────────────┬─┬─────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ 100 Plants. BASIC │ │Rails, Plate, Axles, │ │ IRON ORE │ │ │ │ OPEN-HEARTH STEEL. │ │ Rods. Structural │ │59,975,000│↖│ │↗│ 19,641,502 tons │→│Shapes. Pipe, Boiler │ │ TONS │ │ │ │(11,500,000 tons Pig│ │ Tubes, Bar Steel, │ │ │ │ │ │ used). │ │ Steel Castings. │ └──────────┴─┴──────────┴─┴────────────────────┴─┴─────────────────────┘ ┌──────────┬─┬──────────┬─┬────────────────────┬─┬─────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Stove, Radiator, │ │ │ │466 BLAST │ │ │ │ Machinery Parts, │ │COKE USED │ │ FURNACES │ │ CAST IRON. │ │ Valves, Pipe │ │35,491,292│←│ PIG IRON │→│ 6,750,000 tons │→│Fittings, etc., Bath │ │ TONS │ │ MADE │ │(5,000,000 tons Pig │ │ Tubs, Sinks, │ │ │ │29,726,937│ │ used). │ │ Carwheels, │ │ │ │ TONS │ │ │ │ Brakeshoes, Rolls, │
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