On Sun, 21 Feb 1999 09:07:29 -0500 James H Brothers IV wrote:
> From: James H Brothers IV <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 09:07:29 -0500
> Subject: Charles K. Hyde
> To: arch-metals <[log in to unmask]>
>
> I just obtained the following book:
> Hyde, Charles K.
> 1977 Technological Change and the British Iron Industry 1700-1870. Princeton
> University Press, Princeton.
>
> If his figures are correct (pp. 23-41), he makes a very compelling case for why
> no one but the Darby's bothered to make coke iron. Hyde also asserts on p. 40
> that Darby patented (1707) a technique for casting using sand instead of loam.
> His castings used about 1/2 the iron of traditional methods. Additionally, the
> coke pig iron poured better due to its higher silicon content.
>
> Has anyone else seen it? Opinions?
>
> Hyde has also done a lot of research into accounts and ledgers. The result is
> good cost data on iron production. He also has data on furnace output and
> revised total production of pig and bar for 18C England.
>
> JH Brothers IV
>
Hyde is a useful reference but there are several more that treat
the logistics of iron smelting in England. Some are in my paper
on Darby JHMS 21/1 1987.
Ned.
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