"A new process of making iron, using a blast furnace and a forge, both powered by water, was introduced into the Weald in the 1490s, and spread to other parts of England and Wales from the 1550s. This book provides a history of every ironworks of the charcoal blast furnace period, except the We...

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1. Verfasser:	King, Peter 1951- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford, UK BAR Publishing 2020
Schriftenreihe:	BAR British series 652
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1490-1815 Eisenhüttenwerk Großbritannien Iron industry and trade / Great Britain / History Blast furnaces / Great Britain / History Great Britain / Gazetteers Iron industry and trade / England / History Blast furnaces / England / History England / Gazetteers Blast furnaces Iron industry and trade Great Britain History
Zusammenfassung:	"A new process of making iron, using a blast furnace and a forge, both powered by water, was introduced into the Weald in the 1490s, and spread to other parts of England and Wales from the 1550s. This book provides a history of every ironworks of the charcoal blast furnace period, except the Weald. It also covers early coke ironworks (built before 1815) and water-powered bloomeries (of the previous technology). After introductory material on the industry generally, each chapter deals with the ironworks of one district, including also other water-powered mills processing iron, steel furnaces, early ironworks powered by steam engines, and a few other works. Blade mills (and cutlers wheels), which provided the initial cutting edge for tools and needle mills are not included in those areas where they are ubiquitous. The period covered is an era in the technology of an important industry in Great Britain."
Beschreibung:	2 Bände
ISBN:	9781407315126