The mastery and uses of fire in antiquity
| 1. Verfasser: |
Rehder, J. E.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Montreal :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2000.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xix, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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Table of contents Publisher description Contributor biographical information |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.
