American iron, 1607-1900 / Robert B. Gordon.
American iron, 1607-1900 / Robert B. Gordon.
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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1996.
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N669.141097/1
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English
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Physical content
xi, 341 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents
1. Iron -- 2. Ore, Fuel, and Other Natural Resources -- 3. The Rise of American Iron, 1720-1860 -- 4. Smelting with Charcoal -- 5. Converting Pig Iron to Wrought Iron -- 6. Coal-Fired Blast Furnaces -- 7. Steel -- 8. Shaping Iron and Steel -- 9. Iron Quality -- 10. Ironmaking Eclipsed, 1860-1900 --...
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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1996.
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Maryland
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
By applying their abundant natural resources to ironmaking early in the eighteenth century, Americans soon made themselves felt in world markets. After the Revolution, ironmakers supplied the materials necessary to the building of American industry, pushing the fuel efficiency and productivity of their furnaces far ahead of their European rivals.
In American Iron, 1670-1900, Robert B. Gordon draws on recent archaeological findings as well as archival research to present an ambitious, comprehensive survey of iron technology in America from the colonial period to the industry's demise at about the turn of the twentieth century. Closely examining the techniques - the "hows" - of ironmaking in...
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American iron, 1607-1900 / Robert B. Gordon.
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Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-330) and index.
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c1996.
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N669.141097/1
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74VvDyypMyvA
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0801868165
9780801851810 (alk. paper)
0801851815 (alk. paper)
9780801868160
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669.141097
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991005079049702626
