puddling furnace
31Floss hole — Floss Floss, n. [Cf. G. floss a float.] 1. A small stream of water. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present. [1913 Webster] {Floss hole}.… …
32Finery forge — Iron tapped from the blast furnace is pig iron, and contains significant amounts of carbon and silicon. To produce malleable wrought iron, it needs to undergo a further process. In the early modern period, this was carried out in a finery forge.… …
33Puddle iron — is a type of wrought iron, used mainly in construction. Its production process was invented at the end the eighteenth century, following an increase in the need for wrought iron. It is produced in a puddling furnace. The process results with an… …
34Shingling — was a stage in the production of bar iron or steel, in the finery and puddling processes. As with many ironmaking terms, this is derived from the French cinglage The product of the finery was a bloom or loop (French loup ); that of the puddling… …
35Pattern welding — is the practice in sword and knife making of forming a blade of several metal pieces of differing composition that are forge welded together and twisted and manipulated to form a pattern. Often incorrectly called Damascus steel (which is produced …
36Bedlington Ironworks — Bedlington Ironworks, in Blyth Dene, Northumberland, England, operated between 1736 and 1867. It is most remembered as the place where wrought iron rails were invented by John Birkinshaw in 1820, which triggered the railway age, with their first… …
37floss hole — noun Etymology: floss (II) 1. : a hole at the back of a metallurgical furnace through which slag passes out 2. : the taphole of a melting furnace * * * Metall. a hole in a puddling furnace for the removal of ash or slag. [1830 40; floss slag < …
38Bulldog — Bull dog , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls. [1913 Webster] 2. (Metal.) A refractory material used as a furnace lining,… …
39Technological and industrial history of the United States — The technological and industrial history of the United States describes the United States emergence as one of the largest nations in the world as well as the most technologically powerful nation in the world. The availability of land and labor,… …
40Funtley — ndash; from the Anglo Saxon, Funtaleg , meaning Springs , formerly known as Fontley ndash; is a village located to the north of Fareham, Hampshire, England, within the borough of Fareham. Originally it grew due to the development of a quarry… …
