http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Sarah+E.+Martin Medical Business Sarah E. Martin Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=303645&ca=Medical+Business Originally published in 1911 in the journal “American Medicine”, this article discusses what we are so aware of now, the introduction of the profit motive into the medical profession. The Church, the Law, and Medicine have for ages been linked together in the thought and speech of men as the "learn... Business Sarah E. Martin Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=300812&ca=Business Steel casting is a specialized form of casting involving various types of steel. Steel castings are used when cast irons cannot deliver enough strength or shock resistance. Examples of items that are steel castings include: hydroelectric turbine wheels, forging presses, gears, railroad car frames, b... Education Sarah E. Martin Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=300806&ca=Education A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce metals, typically iron and general steel, http://www.smallcapinvestor.com/smallcapinsights/china/2008-06-19-check_on_china_general_steel_holdings_inc. In a blast furnace, fuel and ore are continuously introduced and comb... Business Sarah E. Martin Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=299222&ca=Business Typically, a crucible is defined as a container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 550 °C. These crucibles are typically made of graphite with clay as a binder material. These crucibles are extremely durable and resist temperatures to over 1650 °C. A crucible is lowered into a... Medicines and Remedies Sarah E. Martin Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=299236&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies In modern medicine, we take for granted the ability of doctors to use anesthesia, shielding us from the pain of surgery. It has not always been this way; a great number of experimental anesthesias were tried over the years, some with horrific results, even death. What follows is an account detailing... Education Sarah E. Martin Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=299310&ca=Education The cementation process is a now-obsolete technique for making steel with the carburization of iron. Unlike modern steelmaking it increased the amount of carbon in the iron. It was apparently developed before the 17th century. The process probably originated in Bohemia in the 16th century and was in... Real Estate Sarah E. Martin Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=298792&ca=Real+Estate When one thinks of charcoal, we normally think of the most important historical use of wood charcoal; as the main ingredient in gunpowder. However, it was of major importance in metallurgical operations as a reducing agent, primarily in the manufacture of steel. The most common use in the modern era... Business Sarah E. Martin Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=298400&ca=Business There are three general uses of the term “Blast” in the making of steel. It’s hard to overstate the importance of the steel industry in the United States, especially in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. This article gives a glimpse of insight into one critical area of steel making: Blasting. First,... Career Sarah E. Martin Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=298418&ca=Career The Bessemer process of steel making was the first low cost industrial process for the mass-production of general steel (http://www.gensteel.com/general_steel_buildings_churches.htm) from molten pig iron. Its inventor, Henry Bessemer, took out a patent on the process in 1855. The process was also in...