Peter's mail wrote:
> Have you looked at such things as H.R. Schubert, History of the British
> iron and steel industry (1957) and R.F. Tylecote, History of Metallurgy
> (institute of Materials, London 1992). Both have considerable detail on
> smelting.
>
> I think there is a book with a title something like medieval industry that
> has a section on iron, but it is not in my personal bibliography
> Peter King
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> Sent: 16 April 2000 23:02
> Subject: 15th-17th Century Forging/Smelting Techniques
>
> > I am looking for sources dealing with medieval smelting of iron ore in to
> > wrought iron and blacksmith techniques.
Try English Medieval Industries: Craftsmen, Techniques, Products. Edited by
John Blair and Nigel Ramsay. Published by The Hambleton Press, 1991.
JH Brothers IV
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