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The Building News and Architectural Review (Classic Reprint): A Weekly Illustrated Record, the Progress of Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Engineering, Metropolitan, Improvements, Sanitary Reform - Couverture souple
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Unlock the truth behind 19th-century ironwork and the hot-blast revolution.
This concise guide explains why quality iron mattered, how new smelting methods changed production, and what went wrong when cheap iron flooded the market.
Originally published in the 1800s, the book traces the shift from charcoal and traditional furnaces to the hot-blast process. It shows how this new technique cut fuel costs but also lowered the quality of some iron, and why some districts produced superior metal while others offered inferior material. The discussion covers rails, ship plates, and other everyday uses, highlighting the risks of using poor iron in critical work.
- How hot-blast smelting changed iron production and its practical effects
- The difference between high-quality hot-blast iron and cheaper, lower-grade varieties
- Why the availability of cheap iron affected rails, ships, and industrial safety
- Key factors that determine iron quality and the consequences of poor choices
Ideal for readers curious about the industrial age, metalworking history, and the forces shaping 19th-century manufacturing.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book examines the characteristics of the English people between the decades of the 1820s and 1870s, a time of significant social, political and economic change, which the author argues witnessed the birth of Englishness as we know it today. This book explores the deep cultural aspects that helped to shape the Victorian and modern English identity with specific reference to what was published at the time, by writers such as Dickens and Carlyle, and artists such as Frith and Millais. It sheds fresh light on the period by analyzing literary and artistic works that have been neglected by previous historians, and draws on a greater range of sources to create a novel overview of the era. This book probes the writings and artworks of the time for insights into the deep cultural shifts taking place in England. It presents a new understanding of artistic and literary history in the Victorian era, revealing the many strands that were woven together to create our modern English identity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781330336403_0
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The Building News and Architectural Review A Weekly Illustrated Record, the Progress of Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Engineering, Metropolitan, Improvements, Sanitary Reform Classic Reprint
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