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Histoire, History, Ceramics, Pyrometallurgy, Fours métallurgiques, Antiquities, Céramique industrielle, Metallurgical furnaces, Pyrométallurgie, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Klassieke oudheid, Vuur, Industrial & Technical, SCIENCE, Chemical & Biochemical, Schmelzofen, Chemistry, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Metallurgie, Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Physical, Physical anthropology, FireShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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The Mastery and Uses of Fire in Antiquity
February 2006, McGill-Queen's University Press
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Mastery and Uses of Fire in Antiquity
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Page xi
Foreword
Page xiii
Preface
Page xvii
Introduction
Page 3
1.
The Nature of Heat and the Management of Its Temperature
Page 9
2.
How Furnaces Work
Page 13
3.
The Properties and Combustion of Biomass
Page 25
4.
Furnace Configurations for Biomass Fuel
Page 38
5.
Products Made in Antiquity in Biomass Fuelled Furnaces
Page 46
6.
The Manufacture and Properties of Charcoal
Page 55
7.
Combustion in Beds of Lump Charcoal
Page 63
8.
Combustion Air Supply for Charcoal
Page 74
9.
Furnace Configurations for Charcoal Fuel
Page 84
10.
The Reduction of Metals and the Functions of Slags
Page 101
11.
The Smelting of Copper
Page 113
12.
The Smelting, Forging, and Properties of Iron
Page 122
13.
Fuel Consumption by Pyrotechnology in Antiquity
Page 145
14.
Fuel Supply and Deforestation
Page 153
15.
Artifacts from te Operation of Furnaces
Page 160
Appendices
1.
Combustion in Fuel Beds of Charcoal
Page 167
2.
Pressure Drop in Tuyeres and Fuel Beds and Power Required
Page 175
3.
Natural Draft in Fuel Beds
Page 180
4.
A Furnace to Reliably Make a Bloom of Iron
Page 189
Glossary
Page 195
References
Page 199
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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