I'll look into Sweden and Percy. Generally, I've found more than adequate
information to build a furnace. But, very little data on what goes on inside.
This is due to the fact that there were extant plans of furnaces to publish, but as
has been pointed out no way to quantify what went on inside. By the time
instruments were available to do the job, no one was using the cold blast furnace.
Thank You
Jamie Brothers
Henry CLEERE wrote:
> Jamie
>
> I am reminded that charcoal was used in Swedish blast-furnaces until
> relatively recently. I feel sure that they were still operating in the 1950s
> at Domnarvet.I remeber seeing hand (wheelbarrow) charging of one of the
> furnaces there in the 1960s, but or the life of me I cannot remember whether
> they were using coke or charcoal.
>
> Having left the modern iron and steel world 25 years ago (my only contacts
> now are with people working in archaeometallurgy - or "palaeosiderurgy", as
> a former colleague of mine at the old Iron and Steel Institute in London
> once christened it), I have lost most of my old contacts. However, the
> Swedish Ironmasters Association (Jernkontoret), based in Stockholm, has
> always taken an acticve interest in the history of the industry, and may
> well have archival material of use to you. Sorry, I don't have an address
> for Jernkontoret here in Paris, where I am working. You might try the
> American Iron and Steel Institute or the Swedish Embassy in Washington for help.
>
> By the way, is there nothing of use in Percy's Metallurgy - Iron and Steel?
> My copy is unfortunately in the UK and so I cannot check it right now.
>
> I noted Peter Hutchinson's remarks about H R Schubert's "History of the
> British Iron and Steel Industry". This is pretty good on the historical
> aspects - HRS was an historian by training - but technological data in his
> book have to be approached with some caution.
>
> Henry Cleere
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