Vathaire, Alexandre De
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Vathaire, Alexandre De
Years of birth and death unknown. French metallurgist. Vathaire expressed the possibility of obtaining thermal equilibrium in blast-furnace smelting and made the first calculation of such an equilibrium in 1866. He also described the construction of blast furnaces and techniques used in working blast furnaces (1885).
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Etudes sur les hauts fourneaux et la métallurgie de la fonte. [Paris] 1866.
Construction et conduite des hauts forneaux. [Paris] 1885.
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