-
smelting iron from its oxides. The
bloomery was the
earliest form of
smelter capable of
smelting iron.
Bloomeries produce a
porous m**** of iron and slag...
- A
bloomery is a type of
furnace once used
widely for
smelting iron from its oxides.
Bloomery may also
refer to:
Bloomery,
Hampshire County, West Virginia...
- was a
quarter to a
third wooded.
Forging and
finishing of the iron from
bloomeries and
blast furnaces also
required large quantities of
charcoal and was...
- of the
fragments was made of
bloomery iron
rather than
meteoritic iron. The
earliest iron
artifacts made from
bloomeries in
China date to end of the 9th...
- as a
countercurrent exchange process whereas a
bloomery does not.
Another difference is that
bloomeries operate as a
batch process whereas blast furnaces...
- works, but not as high as
those found in
Indian artifacts. The
tatara bloomery method is
considered by
historians and
archeologists to be unique, and...
-
importance as a
center of
bloomeries for iron smelting. With the
exception of the past two decades, the
majority of
Bloomery's residences were constructed...
- plural, i.e. the
singular of
ironworks is ironworks.
Ironworks succeeded bloomeries when
blast furnaces replaced former methods. An
integrated ironworks in...
- processes, all
described today as "
bloomeries".
Different forms of
bloomery were used at
different places and times. The
bloomery was
charged with
charcoal and...
- 1716 to 1776.
There were at
least 21
blast furnaces, 45 forges, four
bloomeries, six
steel furnaces,
three slitting mills, two
plate mills, and one wire...
