I am afraid my partner had something to answer for in his Sunday morning visits to the Lucy Furnace when his good father and sister left the house for more devotional duties.

But even if he had gone with them his real earnest prayer could not but have had reference at times to the precarious condition of the Lucy Furnace then absorbing his thoughts.
The next step taken was to find a chemist as Mr.Curry's assistant and guide.

We found the man in a learned German, Dr.Fricke, and great secrets did the doctor open up to us.

Iron stone from mines that had a high reputation was now found to contain ten, fifteen, and even twenty per cent less iron than it had been credited with.

Mines that hitherto had a poor reputation we found to be now yielding superior ore.