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Blacksmithing - Iron smelting and forging a poor bloom
Turning rock into metal is one of the oldest crafts in human history. Watch the process of smelting iron ore and forging a primitive bloom into workable iron.
Describes the process of the smelting of iron in a clay furnace in the village of Dablo, in northern Burkina Faso, Africa. Discusses the history of smelting iron in West Africa as well as the tools ...
Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the ...
Smelters played an important role in the minerals industry of the American West. They rose, flourished, and died in symbiosis with the mines they served. Yet they have not so far received the ...
Many Butte residents take a perverse pride in pointing out the "slag canyon" off Montana Street. The roadside curiosity provides tangible historical evidence of Butte's smelting history. After all, ...
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