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I HAVE read with interest the criticism of Mr. I. Lowthian Bell (NATURE, vol. xix. p. 175) on my paper on the mode of combustion in the blast furnace hearth. You say with truth that the question is not simply technical, but is one of scientific importance. The prevailing opinions, which Mr. Bell has expressed with his usual force, rest upon experimental determinations of the gases in the hearth. I have never felt that trustworthy results have been obtained in any of the published analyses, and with your permission I would like to state the case, and see if my difficulties are removable by the wide experience of Mr. Bell or other investigators.
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CHURCH, J. On the Combustion of Different Kinds of Fuel. Nature 19, 339 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019339a0
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