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Author Durand-Charre, Madeleine, author.

Title Damascus and pattern-welded steels : forging blades since the iron age / Madeleine Durand-Charre.

Publication Info. [Les Ulis, France] : EDP Sciences, 2014.
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents ""Table of contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Aknowledgements""; ""First part : The Blacksmith�s steel spanning four millennia""; ""1 Primitive iron""; ""2 Blacksmith steel before the Christian era""; ""3 The swords of the first millennium AD""; ""4 Did you say Damascus steel, Damascene or damask?""; ""5 From swords to knives""; ""6 The swords of the second millennium""; ""7 Art and Technology in the third millennium""; ""Second part : Formation of the damask pattern""; ""8 Understanding steels""; ""9 Pattern-welding""; ""10 Moire pattern in wootz type, high carbon steels""
""11 Alignments in medium carbon steels""""12 References""; ""13 Index""
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Subject Black peoplemithing.
Forge welding.
Forge welding.
Knives.
Knives.
Swords.
Swords.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Durand-Charre, Madeleine. Damascus and pattern-welded steels : forging blades since the iron age. [Les Ulis, France] : EDP Sciences, ©2014 iv, 214 pages 9782759811731
ISBN 9782759816354 (electronic book)
2759816354 (electronic book)
9782759811731