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the 14th century Chinese military treatise of the Huo Long Jing edited by Jiao Yu cast iron grenades , firearms , fire lance flamethrowers , cannons , land mines , naval mines , rocket launchers , and winged rockets ?
the Christian Specht Building cast iron facade known in Nebraska today, and one of the few ever built there?
Watson's Hotel India 's oldest cast iron building and is among the "100 Most Endangered Sites "?
The Burnett Center Washington & Jefferson College is adorned with cast iron fleur-de-lis balusters that were salvaged from the former Hays Hall dormitory?
St George's Church, Everton (pictured) and St Michael's Church, Aigburth Liverpool built by John Cragg which contained many cast iron components?
Scotland 's Craigellachie Bridge cast iron structure built by Thomas Telford in 1814 , inspired a popular Strathspey reel tune?
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Question 2 : ________ is added in the ladle or in the furnace, on the order of 0.5 to 2.5%, to decrease chill, refine graphite, and increase fluidity.
Question 3 : The ironmasters of the ________ continued producing these until the 1760s, and this was the main function of the iron industry there after the Restoration .
Question 4 : This was followed by others, including Thomas Paine , who patented one; cast iron bridges became common as the ________ gathered pace.
Question 6 : In any case, they offer ________ at the expense of toughness .
Question 9 : Cast iron became a widespread material, and many towns had foundries producing machinery, not only for industry but also ________ .
Question 10 : Graphite separates out much more slowly in this case, so that ________ has time to form it into spheroidal particles rather than flakes.
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