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Record 1 1999-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Plant (Metallurgy)
CONT

"As soon as all the metal is gone down, it is by the help of an iron crow called by the workmen a furgon, raised again to the top of the fire, and is melted down again to the bottom of the hearth."

OBS

Source(s): Shubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 434.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et matériels (Métallurgie)
OBS

«... fourgon ou écoisse pour ramener ou pousser les charbons dans la chaufferie; la croisée de cet outil a dix pouces de long, sa tige terminée par une douille a quatre pies; le manche de bois que cette douille reçoit a deux pies de longueur. »

OBS

Source(s) : Encyclopédie, Diderot, article sur la Forge, 4ème section, planche IV, p. 33.

Spanish

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