| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 216 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pyrometallurgy -- History.
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Pyrometallurgy. |
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History. |
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Ceramics -- History.
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Ceramics. |
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Metallurgical furnaces -- History.
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Metallurgical furnaces. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rehder, J.E. Mastery and uses of fire in antiquity. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2000 0773520678 (DLC) 2001277100 (OCoLC)43390847 |
| ISBN |
9780773568556 (electronic book) |
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0773568557 (electronic book) |
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0773520678 |
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9780773520677 |
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9780773530744 |
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0773530746 |
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