The mastery and uses of fire in antiquity /

Rehder, J. E.

The mastery and uses of fire in antiquity / J.E. Rehder. - Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000. - xix, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 The Nature of Heat and the Management of Its -- Temperature 9 -- z How Furnaces Work 13 -- 3 The Properties and Combustion of Biomass z5 -- 4 Furnace Configurations for Biomass Fuel 38 -- 5 Products Made in Antiquity in Biomass Fuelled Furnaces 46 -- 6 The Manufacture and Properties of Charcoal 55 -- 7 Combustion in Beds of Lump Charcoal 63 -- 8 Combustion Air Supply for Charcoal 74 -- 9 Furnace Configurations for Charcoal Fuel 84 -- 10 The Reduction of Metals and the Functions of Slags IOI -- 11 The Smelting of Copper 113 -- 12. The Smelting, Forging, and Properties of Iron z22 -- 13 Fuel Consumption byPyrotechnology in Antiquity 145 -- 14 Fuel Supply andDeforestation i -- 15 Artifacts from te Operation of Furnacs -- Appendices -- 16 Combustion in Fuel Beds of Charcoal '67 -- 17 Pressure Drop in Tuyeres and Fuel Beds and Power -- Required '75 -- 18 Natural Draft in Fuel Beds x8o -- 19 A Furnace to Reliably Make a Bloom of Iron 189.

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Pyrometallurgy--History.
Ceramics--History.
Metallurgical furnaces--History.
Antiquities.
Pyrométallurgie--Histoire.
Céramique industrielle--Histoire.
Fours métallurgiques--Histoire.

TN688.5 / .R44 2000

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