John Hugh Chesters
Bibliography
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John Hugh Chesters—Bibliography
On refractories
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1930
(With W.J. Rees) The stability ranges of certain core bonds. Bulletin of the Cast Iron Research
Association, No. 28.
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(With W.J. Rees) Some experiments with indian sillimanite. Trans. Ceram. Soc. 29, 305.
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(With W.J. Rees) The relation of melting point to crystal structure and to compressibility. Trans.
Ceram. Soc. 29, 169.
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(With W.J. Rees) A preliminary investigation of the magnesia–zircon system. Trans. Ceram. Soc. 29,
309.
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(With W.J. Rees) Refractories, ceramics and cements. Annu. Rep. Soc. Chem. Ind., Prog. in Appl.
Chem. 15.
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1931
(With W.J. Rees) Application of tensile testing to the study of bonding of refractory materials. Trans.
Ceram. Soc. 30, 258.
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Refractory materials for the induction furnace. J. Iron and Steel Inst. 123, 479.
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(With A.L. Roussin) Further investigation of the magnesia–zircon system based on X-ray and
microscopic examination. Trans. Ceram. Soc. 30, 217.
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High temperature tests on ceramics. Claycraft 4, 285.
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1932
(With W.J. Rees) The use of unburnt bricks for the linings of induction furnaces. Trans. Ceram. Soc.
31, 243.
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(With W. Weyl) The souring of dead-burned magnesite. Trans. Ceram. Soc. 31, 295.
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1933
(With W. Weyl) The drying of magnesite bricks—volume changes accompanying hydration. Trans.
Ceram. Soc. 32, 201.
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(With C.W. Parmalee) The burning of magnesite bricks, part I. Trans. Ceram. Soc. 32, 349.
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1934
(With C.W. Parmalee) The measurement of reaction rates at high temperatures. J. Am. Ceram. Soc.
17, 50.
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1935
(With C.W. Parmalee) The burning of magnesite bricks, part II. Trans. Ceram. Soc. 34, 203.
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(With G.L.Clark & K.C. Lyon) The burning of magnesite bricks, part III. Trans. Ceram. Soc. 34, 243.
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(With C.W. Parmalee) Reaction–expansion measurements on chromite and applied spinels. J. Am.
Ceram. Soc. 18, 94.
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Mechanisms of slag attack on refractory materials. Refractories J. 11, 179.
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Trends in research on refractories used in steel plants. Brick and Clay Record 86, 96.
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1936
(With L. Lee) The slag resistance of steelworks refractories. Trans. Ceram. Soc. 35, 271.
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(With T. Swinden) The properties of open hearth checker bricks. J. Soc. Glass Tech. 20, 1.
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1937
(With L. Lee) The properties of magnesite and chrome magnesite bricks. Trans. Ceram. Soc. 36, 294.
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(With L. Lee) The grading of coarse refractory aggregates. Trans. Ceram. Soc. 36, 377.
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(With R.J. McLean) Acid Bessemer refractories. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 20, 373.
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1938
Condition refractories for service by laboratory testing. Brick and Clay Record 92, 44.
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(With T. Swinden) Steelplant Refractories—Symposium on Steelmaking. Iron and Steel Institute
Special Report No. 22, 275.
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(With A.H. Jay) An X-ray survey of refractories. Trans. Ceram. Soc. 37, 209.
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1939
Recent developments in basic refractories. J. West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute 46, 65.
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(With T.W. Howie) Fireclay bricks for use in iron and steelmaking. Trans. Br. Ceram. Soc. 38, 131.
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(With T. Swinden & T.W. Howie) Cinematography with a high temperature microscope. Trans. Br.
Ceram. Soc. 38, 245.
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(With T.R. Lynam) Chrome-magnesite bricks for open hearth furnaces. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 22, 97.
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1940
Refractories research in steelworks. Proc. Cleveland Inst. Eng. 39/40, 103.
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All basic open hearth furnaces. Iron Age 146, 35.
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Five years progress in steelworks refractories—open hearth furnace. J. Iron and Steel Inst. 13, 214.
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Spalling of steelworks refractories. Br. Steelmaker 6, 71.
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1941
(With T.W. Howie) The influence of zinc oxide on the corrosiveness of checker slags. Trans. Br.
Ceram. Soc. 40, 33.
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(With T. Swinden) Dolomite bricks for use in steelworks. J. Iron and Steel Inst. 11, 105.
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(With T.R. Lynam & T.W. Howie) The manufacture of roof bricks and their properties before use. J.
Iron and Steel Inst. 11, 206.
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(With W. Hughill) Furnace campaign—the nature of dust in the atmosphere in a basic OHF. J. Iron
and Steel Inst. 11, 231.
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(With B.W. Methley, T.R. Lynam, T.W. Howie & A.E. Dodd) Furnace campaign: examination of
samples taken from the roof at the end of the campaign. J. Iron and Steel Inst. 11, 237.
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Basic open hearth furnaces—construction data and refractory techniques above sill plate level. Iron
Age 147, 39 and 148, 37.
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1946
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1950
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1952
Steelplant refractories. Iron Age 147, 33.
Casting pit refractories. Iron Age 148, 43.
(With T.R. Lynam, T.W. Howie & A.H. Day) Shetland chromite as a refractory material. Trans Br.
Ceram. Soc. 41, 27.
Electric steelplant refractories. Iron Age 149, 37.
Soaking pit and reheating furnace refractories. Iron Age 150, 35.
Acid open hearth refractories. Iron Age 149, 46.
(With T.W. Howie) The drying of magnesite bricks. Trans. Br. Ceram. Soc. 42, 199.
Silica and semi-silica refractories. Iron Age 151, 36 and 151, 44.
Magnesite refractories. Iron Age 151, 46 and 151, 75.
Dolomite refractories. Iron Age 152, 48.
Chrome ore and chrome magnesite. Iron Age 152, 68.
Alumino–silicate refractories Iron Age 153, 48 and 153, 79.
The insulation of steelplant equipment. Iron Age 154, 42, 47.
Ironmaking at the Appleby Frodingham Works of the United Steel Co. Ltd. Iron and Steel Inst.
Special Report no. 30.
(With T.R. Lynam & T.W. Howie) The behaviour of chrome ores and chrome magnesite bricks in
reducing atmospheres. Trans. British Ceram. Soc. 44, 63.
(With I.M.D. Halliday) Statistical treatment of laboratory test data on refractories. Trans. Br. Ceram.
Soc. 44, 135.
The insulation of open hearth furnaces. J. Inst. Fuel 19, 23.
Refractories—a limiting factor in open hearth furnace design. Trans. Br. Ceram. Soc. 45, 290.
(With G.E. Seil, S.M. Phelps, F.L. Toy, J.E. Whitemore, M. Douglas, M.F. Goudge & G.R.Rigby)
Manufacture of refractories and information on their use in the iron and steel industry in Western
Germany. Fiat Final Report No. 432, 112 pages.
Steelplant refractories. Br. Eng. Expt. J. 28, 428.
(With A.L. Bradley, M. Douglas, A.H. Jay, T.R. Lynam, W.J. Rees, A.L. Roussin & T. Swinden)
Report of the Casting Pit Refractories Sub-Committee of the Joint Panel on Open Hearth Refractories.
Iron and Steel Inst. Special Report No. 32, 323.
(With F.L. Robertson & E. Shaw) The fettling of open hearth furnaces. Iron and Steel Inst. Special
Report No. 35, 54.
(With F.L. Robertson & E. Shaw) Miscellaneous factors affecting hearth life. Iron and Steel Inst.
Special Report No. 35, 71.
Influence of port design on open hearth furnace flames. The Engineer 182, 473.
Roof pyrometry. Iron and Steel Inst. Special Report No. 37, 67.
(With T.W. Howie & T.R. Lynam) The development of basic insulating bricks. Trans. Br. Ceram.
Soc. 46, 349.
Cinematography of the open hearth furnace. Trans. Soc. Glass Tech. 32, 209.
The open hearth furnace—making the most of silica roofs. Iron Age 161, 86.
(With G.D. Elliott & J. Mackenzie) Carbon bricks in the hearth, bosh and stack of blast furnaces.
Trans. Int. Ceram. Conf. p. 386.
(With I.M.D. Halliday & J. Mackenzie) The examination of blast furnace scaffolds and scaffold
forming materials. J. Iron and Steel Inst. 159, 23.
(With L. Lee & J. Mackenzie) Steeltight linings for basic induction furnaces. Trans. Br. Ceram. Soc.
47, 263.
(With J. Mackenzie & L. Lee) Refractory linings for induction furnaces. Ceram. Age 54, 280 and
54 (6), 375.
(With J. Mackenzie & L. Lee) Carbon linings for blast furnaces. Iron Age 164, 89.
Recent progress in refractories. Research 3, 303.
Recent progress in refractories. Ceram. Age 55 (5), 316 and 332.
Recent progress in refractories. Part II. Magnesia. Ceram. Age. 55 (6), 396.
Recent progress in refractories. Part III. Dolomite. Ceram. Age. 56 (1), 22.
Recent progress in refractories. Part IV. Chrome and chrome magnesite. Ceram. Age. 56 (1), 25.
Recent progress in refractories. Part V. Alumino-silicates. Ceram. Age. 56 (2), 24.
Recent progress in refractories. Part VI. Carbon. Ceram. Age. 56 (2), 26.
Recent progress in refractories. Part VII. Super refractories. Ceram. Age. 56 (3), 16.
(With G.D. Elliott & J. Mackenzie) Evolution of the all carbon blast furnace. J. Iron and Steel Inst.
167, 273.
(With J. Mackenzie) A critical analysis of the results of all basic open hearth furnace trials. Iron and
Steel Inst., Special Report No. 46, 69.
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1963
(With J. Mackenzie) The value of laboratory tests in forecasting refractory performance. Trans. Int.
Ceram. Congress 155.
Design—a limiting factor in the life of open hearth furnaces refractories. Refractories J. 29, 2.
Progress in the development of refractories for steel manufacture. In British Ceramic Society
Symposium (ed. A.T. Green & G.H. Stewart), p. 637.
(With C. Holden & A.D. Robertson) Protection of refractories by moving air curtains. J. Iron and
Steel Inst. 185, 177.
Refractories for new steelmaking processes. Refractories J. 34, 145.
The use of alumina probes in assessing the rate and causes of refractory wear. In Transactions of the
7th International Ceramics Conference, London.
The swing to all basic furnaces. Glass Technology I, 243.
Refractories for iron and steel. The Guardian (clay supplement), 3 October.
New developments in refractories for the iron and steel industry. Financial Times Supplement, 21
May.
Lining the new steel furnaces. New Scientist 338, 326.
Acceptance tests for steelworks refractories. Iron and Steel Institute Special Report No. 78.
On gas flow and combustion
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1946
The influence of port design on open hearth furnace flames. Iron and Steel Institute Special Report
No. 37.
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1949
Open hearth furnace models. J. Iron and Steel Inst. 162, 385.
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1950
(With I.M.D. Halliday & R.S. Howes) in Some aspects of fluid flow. London: Edward Arnold & Co.
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Flow patterns in liquids and in furnaces. Fluid Handling 1, 358.
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Flow patterns on open hearth furnaces. Proc. Am. Inst. Mech. Engrs 34, 282.
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Recent advances in British open hearth furnaces. Refractories J. 27, 22.
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Improvements relating to furnaces. U.S. Pat. 2,662,761 Dec. 15.
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Improvements relating to furnaces. Br. Pat.704,321, Feb. 17.
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The role of aircraft research in furnace design. Iron and Steel 27, 207 and 246.
(105) 1956
Combustion and heat transfer in an open hearth furnace. Iron and Steel Inst. Special Report No. 59.
(106) 1957
(With C. Holden & A.D. Robertson) Protection of refractories by moving air curtains. Iron and Steel
Inst. 185, 177.
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The climate of the open hearth furnace. Iron and Steel 30, 87 and 125.
(108) 1958
The driving rate of open hearth furnaces (by R.W. Evans, with contributions from J.H. Chesters, A.J.
Kesterton, J.F. Allen & J. Pearson). J. Iron and Steel Inst. 188, 19.
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(With N.P. Bacon & I.M.D. Halliday) Flow patterns in 3 dimensional shapes with a background to
furnace design. J. Iron and Steel Inst. 195, 286.
(110) 1965
Flow patterns in furnaces—a review of recent progress. Steel Times, 29 January and 5 February.
On human factors and organizational aspects of research
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The technique of large scale trials in industry with particular relevance to iron and steel works. Iron
and Coal Trades Review.
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The organisation and application of scientific research in industry. Cambridge University Course on
Industrial Management.
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The growth of an idea. Iron and Coal Trades Review.
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The encouragement of productive research. J. West of Scotland Iron and Steel Inst. 62, 1.
(115) 1964
Creativity in research (Frank Scott Russell Memorial Lecture). Refractories J. 40, 144.
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The philosophy of pilot plants. Iron and Steel Special Report No. 96.
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The human factor in industrial research (Presidential Address). J. Iron and Steel Inst. 206, 429.
Books
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1957
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TV recordings
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Steelplant refractories—testing, research and development, 1st edn. United Steel Co.
Iron and Steel (Work of the World Series no. 2). Thos. Nelson and Sons, London
Steelplant refractories—testing, research and development, 2nd edn. United Steel Co.
Steelplant refractories—testing, research and development, 2nd edn, with addendum on oxygen
steelmaking. United Steel Co.
New techniques in steelmaking. In the ITV Discovery Series (‘About Science’) of programmes for
schools
Flow patterns in furnaces.
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