Author's Reply to Correspondence the Alteration of the Form of Madras Harbour.

Abstract

in reply, stated that fresh water was used for gauging the test briquettes. The local cement was manufactured by the dry process in a rotary plant supplied by Messrs. Smidth and Company, of Copenhagen, the cylinder of which was 72 feet long and 6 feet in diameter. The calorific value of the fuel used in burning the clinker was 6,380 calories per pound, and its average analysis was :-Volatile matter 27-20