James Moore Swank

History of the Manufacture of Iron in All Ages

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Produktbeschreibung

A data-rich history of the manufacture and use of iron, from the ancient Egyptian period to late nineteenth-century America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 580
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 930g
• ISBN-13: 9781108026840
• ISBN-10: 1108026842
• Artikelnr.: 32876218

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The earliest use of iron
2. The early use of iron in Europe
3. Beginning of the British iron industry
4. The British iron industry from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century
5. The iron industry of Wales, Ireland, and Scotland
6. The British iron industry built up by British inventive genius
7. Early processes in the manufacture of iron and steel
8. Mediaeval and early modern processes in the manufacture of iron and steel
9. First attempt by Europeans to manufacture iron in the United States
10. Beginning of the manufacture of iron in the New England colonies
11. Extension of the manufacture of iron in New England
12. Early iron enterprises in New York
13. Early iron enterprises in New Jersey
14. Beginning of the manufacture of iron in Pennsylvania
15. The manufacture of iron in Pennsylvania extended to the Susquehanna
16. Characteristics of the early iron industry of Pennsylvania
17. The manufacture of iron in Pennsylvania after the Revolution
18. The manufacture of charcoal iron in the Juniata Valley
19. The early manufacture of iron in western Pennsylvania
20. Early iron enterprises in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
21. The early manufacture of iron in Delaware
22. Early iron enterprises in Maryland
23. The iron industry established in Virginia
24. The manufacture of iron in North Carolina
25. The manufacture of iron in South Carolina
26. The early manufacture of iron in Georgia
27. The early manufacture of iron in Kentucky
28. The early manufacture of iron in Tennessee
29. The manufacture of iron in Alabama
30. Primitive characteristics of the southern iron industry
31. The early manufacture of iron in Ohio
32. Early iron enterprises in Indiana
33. Early iron enterprises in Illinois
34. Early iron enterprises in Michigan
35. The early manufacture of iron in Wisconsin
36. Early iron enterprises in Missouri
37. The manufacture of iron in Texas
38. The manufacture of iron in various western states
39. The iron industry of the Pacific Coast
40. The first iron works in Canada
41. The manufacture of iron with anthracite coal
42. The manufacture of iron with bituminous coal
43. Statistics of pig iron production in the United States
44. The manufacture of blister and crucible steel in the United States
45. The invention of the Bessemer process
46. The Bessemer process in the United States
47. The manufacture of open-hearth steel
48. The early history of iron rails in the United States
49. Iron shipbuilding in the United States
50. The history of cut and wire nails
51. Improvements in American blast furnace practice
52. The manufacture of tinplates in the United States
53. Miscellaneous facts relating to the American iron and steel industries
54. Early discoveries of coal in the United States
55. British efforts to prevent the development of the American iron industry
56. The American iron industry long depressed by foreign competition
57. Impediments to the cheap production of iron and steel in the United states
58. Washington and Lincoln the descendants of colonial ironmasters
59. Production and prices of iron and steel in the United States
60. Imports and exports of iron and steel by the United States
61. Miscellaneous statistics of iron, steel, iron ore, and coal
62. Important uses of iron and steel in the United States
63. Conclusion
Index.