TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gordon,Robert B.
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - American Iron, 1607-1900 / 
T2  - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
SN  - 9781421435022
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Baltimore, Md.
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Iron
KW  - Metallurgy
KW  - fast
KW  - Iron-works
KW  - Usines siderurgiques
KW  - Amerique du Nord
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siecle
KW  - 19e siecle
KW  - Fer
KW  - Metallurgie
KW  - North America
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License; Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program; 1. Iron -- 2. Ore, Fuel, and Other Natural Resources -- 3. The Rise of American Iron, 1720-1860 -- 4. Smelting with Charcoal -- 5. Converting Pig Iron to Wrought Iron -- 6. Coal-Fired Blast Furnaces -- 7. Steel -- 8. Shaping Iron and Steel -- 9. Iron Quality -- 10. Ironmaking Eclipsed, 1860-1900 -- 11. The Industrial Archaeology of Iron -- Appendix A Metallography -- Appendix B Iron Production Data; Open Access
N2  - By applying their abundant natural resources to ironmaking early in the eighteenth century, Americans soon made themselves felt in world markets. After the Revolution, ironmakers supplied the materials necessary to the building of American industry, pushing the fuel efficiency and productivity of their furnaces far ahead of their European rivals; In American Iron, 1670-1900, Robert B. Gordon draws on recent archaeological findings as well as archival research to present an ambitious, comprehensive survey of iron technology in America from the colonial period to the industry's demise at about the turn of the twentieth century. Closely examining the techniques - the "hows"--Of ironmaking in its various forms, Gordon offers new interpretations of labor, innovation, and product quality in ironmaking, along with the industry's environmental consequences. He shows the high level of skills required to ensure efficient and safe operation of furnaces and to improve the quality of iron product. By mastering founding, fining, puddling, or bloom smelting, ironworkers gained a degree of control over their lives not easily attained by others
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/72153/
ER  -