American Iron, 1607-1900 /

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 th...

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Glavni avtor: Gordon, Robert B. (Robert Boyd), 1929-
Format: Elektronski eKnjiga
Jezik:angleščina
Izdano: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019
Serija:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Kazalo:
  • 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
  • 11. The Industrial Archaeology of Iron
  • Appendix A Metallography
  • Appendix B Iron Production Data.