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I have scene pictures of a forg in Java that is made of rock or concrete, with Bamboo sfats tyhe apprentice helper is using the flooms from feathers secured to a ball and rope pulling the rope up and down to allow air to pass through. I am still researching the old forges. If anyone can help I am lookinf ro Middle Ages era looking information or earlier. lest say from 5000 BC to 1600 AD, that should gather some information. jeff spoor [log in to unmask] At 11:13 AM 11/20/98 +0100, you wrote: >Dear listmembers, > >>> At 10:57 12-11-98 PST, Ned Rehder wrote: >>> >> >>> >Evidence for the early use of bellows is indeed scant. There is >>> > good evidence that they were introduced into Egypt by the Hyksos, >>> >but before that very little. They were apparently never used in >>> >precolumbian South America. I will be very interested in any >>> >positive evidence of early use anywhere. >>> > Ned. > > >On 18 Nov 1998 09:10:13 I wrote: > > >>> I'd be very interested in the evidence you mention of bellows being >>> introduced into Egypt by the Hyksos. Could you please let me know? >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Jeannette Drost >>> > >To which Ned Rehder answered: > >>The timing of the introductionof bellows to Egypt is shown by tomb >>reliefs of metallurgical subjects. They show blowpipes before and >>bellows after the Hyksos interval. More specifically, Zwicker in 1969 >>narrowed the time down to the first quarter of the second millennium >>B.C. Unfortuneately I now cannot find in my files the specific journal >>ocation of the statement. >> Ned >> >> >Thank you for this information, Ned. >Perhaps someone else on the list knows the article that Ned mentions? Would >they please share this information with me? >Jeannette Drost > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%