In reply to Jamie
> cannot find any reference to a furnace condition called "horse".<
>From "Iron: Its Sources, Properties and Manufacture" (W.H. Greenwod revised
by A.H. Sexton. London undated. Probably about 1900)
"After blowing out a furnace which has been long in blast there is often
found in the bottom of the hearth an agglomerated mass of malleable steely
iron known as "bear2 or "horse" and similar but smaller masses will be
attached to various points around the sides of the hearth. .....
Peter Hutchison
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