- Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45
…ey 1913 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]: [[Domestic]]: [[1900s]] Brearley first produced his 'Rustless Steel' in an electric furnace on 13th August 1913. {{TOC}} == Determination == Harry was born into a poor family. His father was a steel worker at…
- Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
…low and labour intensive. {{TOC}} == Before Steel == Before cheap steel wrought iron was used for construction. The furnaces heated molten iron, it was then stirred by puddlers using long oar-shaped tools, allowing oxygen to combine slowly rem…
…ked with a forge hammer by the puddler before being rolled into sheets or rails. By 1860, there were over 3000 puddling furnaces in Britain, but the process was slow. == The Process == The Bessemer converter is a cylindrical steel pot approximate… - Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
…and was told a barrel of tar had fallen off a dray (cart) and burst open. Someone had poured waste slag from the nearby furnaces to cover up the mess. Hooley noticed this unintentional resurfacing had solidified the road - there was no rutting an…
- Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
…h_place="Sedgley" death_date="08/3/1717" death_place="" }} In 1708 Abraham Darby came to **Coalbrookdale** to repair a furnace belonging to Sir Basil Brooke that was used to make iron. Darby thought a furnace could be improved by using a blast fu…
- Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
…thstanding the pressure of fermenting wine. Digby owned a glass works. His new manufacturing technique involved a coal furnace, made hotter than usual by the inclusion of a wind tunnel, and a higher ratio of sand to potash and lime. His bottles w…
- Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27
…t a high temperature so the glass is flexible and settles into perfect flat glass. == Old glass == Ribbon glass from a furnace - was cheaper than polished plate glass because it was not ground or polished, but it was unacceptable for high-quality…
…t flat glass company in the world. Alastair Pilkington was honoured with a knighthood in 1970. {{Tag ids="Glass float furnace molten tin "}} …