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...euphony of current advertisements, water pipe manufacturers have been trumpeting, bugling, tooting and piping the merits of various pipe materials. Brassmen have clarioned that brass pipes last a lifetime, do not rust. Ironmen have said the same for iron-pipes...
Meanwhile steel-pipe makers have been whistling through their fingers. Steel is iron mixed with and hardened by carbon. Because it is easier to produce steel than to rid iron of its impurities, steel is cheaper than pure iron. It is also cheaper than-iron or steel alloys, and than copper alloys. But it oxidizes (rusts) many times faster than do those other materials...
Last week steel-pipe makers rejoiced when Clarence T. Coley, operating manager of Manhattan's old and lofty Equitable Building, and his Chief Engineer Carl W. Poulsen announced that they had discovered a simple way to clear rust from the steel plumbing of their building. They drain the water off and force dry steam into the pipes. The heat makes the pipes expand, the rust shrink loose from the pipes. The steam is released and water flushes the rust away. The pipes become clean, although pitted, and thinner than when bought...
...production of about 43% of total U. S. steel capacity. Bethlehem can pro duce about 15% of the total, leaving about 42% for independent companies. Prominent among these companies are: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. Three-fourths of the plant, nearly all the directorate, in Youngstown, Ohio. Makes principally pipe, sheet and tube; therefore best customers are the oil and automobile companies. Merger with Inland Steel Co. (Chicago district) has been frequently reported, was once almost completed, is still rumored. Ranks as Third Largest (3,000, 000-ton capacity); earned $10,-466.300 ($9.54 a share) in 1928. Jones & Laughlin. Fourth...
Made of a tin box, an iron pipe, a pinch of gun powder, a box of matches, sandpaper and some wax, the "bomb" turned out to be a "practical joke...