Acadian Iron Reference

Acadian Iron Reference. [Bound ms. report / Henry M. Noad. 1859. Describes Noad's activities as government referee in the testing of charcoal iron supplied to the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich by the Acadian Iron Company. Includes detailed chemical analyses and mechanical test results, with a description of the testing machine at Woolwich. Gives an account of the dispute over interpretation of results between Noad and the Company's referee, Frederick Bramwell, with a copy of the report of the arbitrator, William Fairbairn, dated 1859 Mar 31. Volume (25p. used), written in clerk's hand, presented by Noad to Museum of Economic Geology Aug. 1859]