Smelting

Examples

• Once smelting was known to men, there is no great marvel in the finding of iron. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is a clay fire-hardened furnace for smelting iron. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The early smelting furnaces of Germany resembled the Catalan, and were called the Stückofen, and in Sweden were known as the Osmund. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The gigantic expansion of the iron and steel industry was foreshadowed in the change from wood to coal in the smelting furnaces. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• There is an opening in front about a foot or more in height which is filled with clay at the commencement, and broken down at the end of each smelting operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Between that time and 1770 he practised melting small pieces of blistered steel (iron bars which had been carbonised by smelting in charcoal) in closed clay crucibles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The smelting of ore by charcoal in those places where carried on extensively required the use of a vast amount of wood, and denuded the surrounding lands of forests. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This application of steam to smoke and smelting has been frequently revived by modern inventors with much flourish of originality. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The method of smelting revealed by these finds carries out Lord Avebury's suggestion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• These coal mines were being worked to supply coke for iron smelting, for which wood-charcoal had previously been employed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This smelting was then followed by hammering to further separate the slag, and probably after a reheating to increase the malleability. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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