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134<br />

THE METALLUKGY OF ANTIMONY.<br />

horizontal flue running through the bridge lengthwise, the flue being<br />

provided with a slide, and the chimney with a damper. The charge<br />

for a furnace of such dimensions is 1200 to 1500 lbs., exclusive of<br />

the fluxes.<br />

FIG. 60.-—Section CD.<br />

At Banya the bed is built of fire-clay 11 inches thick, well rammed<br />

into an iron box 13 feet long by 8 feet 2 inches wide. A charge<br />

consists of 10 cwts. only of the unrefined metal.<br />

FIG. 61.—Section A B. 1 metre=3'28 feet.<br />

At Milleschau, where the above-described furnace is in use, the<br />

very impure <strong>antimony</strong> is refined first by soda and then by <strong>antimony</strong><br />

glass, while the purer sorts are refined by <strong>antimony</strong> glass alone.<br />

The tetroxide of <strong>antimony</strong> used in making <strong>antimony</strong> glass is

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