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The mastery and uses of fire in antiquity /
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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Montreal, Que. :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2000.
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| Series: | CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.