This book charts the growth of ironmaking from the Middle Ages, covering the importation of blast-furnace methods in the fifteenth century, the pivotal adoption of coke as a fuel in the eighteenth century, and the invention of mass-produced steel in the nineteenth century.
The developing techniques of ironmaking, all explained in a non-technical style, make a story in their own right, but in combining this with the experiences of the masters and workmen who laboured at the furnaces and forges, this volume offers a truly comprehensive account of one of the most important industries of recent centuries.
Paperback
64 pages
Publisher: Shire
ISBN: 978-0747814832