Page:On the economy of machinery and manufactures - Babbage - 1846.djvu/202

168

(215.) The following is stated by M. de Villefosse to be the price of bar iron at the forges of various countries, in January, 1825.

M. De Villefosse states, that in France bar iron, made as it usually is with charcoal, costs three times the price of the cast iron out of which it is made; whilst in England, where it is usually made with coke, the cost is only twice the price of cast iron.

(216.) The present price (1832) of lead in England is 13l. per ton, and the worth of 1l. of it manufactured into

The present price of cake copper is 84l. per ton and the worth of 1l. of it manufactured into