The Mastery and Uses of Fire in Antiquity
By: J.E. Rehder.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780773520677
Subjects: Pyrometallurgy -- History; Ceramics -- History; Metallurgical furnaces -- History; Antiquities; Pyrométallurgie -- Histoire; Céramique industrielle -- Histoire; Fours métallurgiques -- Histoire
Description: This book provides much-needed information for anyone interested in archaeology, anthropology and pyrotechnology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: xi; title: Foreword
pagenum: xiii; title: Preface
pagenum: xvii; title: Introduction
pagenum: 3; label: 1
title: The Nature of Heat and the Management of Its Temperature
pagenum: 9; label: 2
title: How Furnaces Work
pagenum: 13; label: 3
title: The Properties and Combustion of Biomass
pagenum: 25; label: 4
title: Furnace Configurations for Biomass Fuel
pagenum: 38; label: 5
title: Products Made in Antiquity in Biomass Fuelled Furnaces
pagenum: 46; label: 6
title: The Manufacture and Properties of Charcoal
pagenum: 55; label: 7
title: Combustion in Beds of Lump Charcoal
pagenum: 63; label: 8
title: Combustion Air Supply for Charcoal
pagenum: 74; label: 9
title: Furnace Configurations for Charcoal Fuel
pagenum: 84; label: 10
title: The Reduction of Metals and the Functions of Slags
pagenum: 101; label: 11
title: The Smelting of Copper
pagenum: 113; label: 12
title: The Smelting, Forging, and Properties of Iron
pagenum: 122; label: 13
title: Fuel Consumption by Pyrotechnology in Antiquity
pagenum: 145; label: 14
title: Fuel Supply and Deforestation
pagenum: 153; label: 15
title: Artifacts from te Operation of Furnaces
pagenum: 160; title: Appendices; label: 1
title: Combustion in Fuel Beds of Charcoal
pagenum: 167; label: 2
title: Pressure Drop in Tuyeres and Fuel Beds and Power Required
pagenum: 175; label: 3
title: Natural Draft in Fuel Beds
pagenum: 180; label: 4
title: A Furnace to Reliably Make a Bloom of Iron
pagenum: 189; title: Glossary
pagenum: 195; title: References
pagenum: 199