The mastery and uses of fire in antiquity /

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Because pyrotechnology was considered a demeaning craft, there is very little about its practice in ancient texts; our knowledge of early developments is based almost entirely on interpretation of artifacts recovered by archaeology during the past century and a half. Literature in archaeology and an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rehder, J. E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2000.
Colección:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
Temas:
Pyrometallurgy > History.
Ceramics > History.
Metallurgical furnaces > History.
Pyrométallurgie > Histoire.
Céramique industrielle > Histoire.
Fours métallurgiques > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > Industrial & Technical.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Chemical & Biochemical.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
Ceramics
Metallurgical furnaces
Pyrometallurgy
Metallurgie
Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Schmelzofen
Klassieke oudheid.
Vuur.
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Nature of Heat and the Management of Its Temperature
  • 2. How Furnaces Work
  • 3. The Properties and Combustion of Biomass
  • 4. Furnace Configurations for Biomass Fuel
  • 5. Products Made in Antiquity in Biomass Fuelled Furnaces
  • 6. The Manufacture and Properties of Charcoal
  • 7. Combustion in Beds of Lump Charcoal
  • 8. Combustion Air Supply for Charcoal
  • 9. Furnace Configurations for Charcoal Fuel
  • 10. The Reduction of Metals and the Functions of Slags
  • 11. The Smelting of Copper
  • 12. The Smelting, Forging, and Properties of Iron
  • 13. Fuel Consumption by Pyrotechnology in Antiquity
  • 14. Fuel Supply and Deforestation
  • 15. Artifacts from the Operation of Furnaces
  • App. 1. Combustion in Fuel Beds of Charcoal
  • App. 2. Pressure Drop in Tuyeres and Fuel Beds and Power Required
  • App. 3. Natural Draft in Fuel Beds
  • App. 4. A Furnace to Reliably Make a Bloom of Iron.

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