thoramighty Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Can anyone help I am doing a research paper for school on metal working through the ages (not just black smithing) and i need atleast two internet sources but i am not finding much useful material can anyone help out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Start with the 4 or 5th great grandson of Adam, a fellow named Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron. Thomas Powers has not been working metal quite that long (grin) but is another good source of historical information. There are some photos with dates in the IForgeIron gallery under Andrew's folder UK 2008 folder 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ameling Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Why does it have to be internet sources? The classic book Wrought Iron has a lot of history in it. And so does The Art of Blacksmithing. I do not know if the are on-line anywhere. You might also check to see if the Early American Industries organization has gotten their quarterly newsletter back issues on-line yet. Their articles have lots of early history in them. And see about finding the Saugus Iron Works national park site. They were one of the first big iron smelting sites in the early Colonies. Mikey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoramighty Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Why does it have to be internet sources? The classic book Wrought Iron has a lot of history in it. And so does The Art of Blacksmithing. I do not know if the are on-line anywhere. You might also check to see if the Early American Industries organization has gotten their quarterly newsletter back issues on-line yet. Their articles have lots of early history in them. And see about finding the Saugus Iron Works national park site. They were one of the first big iron smelting sites in the early Colonies. It is because there arent many black smithing books at my local library. i have the only one they have "the art of blacksmithing" but thats the only one and i need more about bronze and other metals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecelticforge Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Wootz steel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMetalworking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBronze Age Craft (An Introduction to early metalworking in Britain) as an ex professor, the more sources you use, the better, remember to use proper APA formatting. Writing Tools - Chemistry Library - UW-Madison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoramighty Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Thank you for the advice Celticforge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Why not ILL books at your local library? I can Inter Library Loan expensive and hard to find books at my small town New Mexico public library that has *squat* on blacksmithing. Shoot I was able to get "The Metallography of Early Ferrous Edge Tools and Edged Weapons" through ILL and I havn't been able to *buy* a copy---had it as a standing book search on Amazon for 3 years! As an internet source you might look up the website for Darrell (you can dig out his homepage from here)Hammered Out Bits: L'Anse aux Meadows Smelt - Working AreaAncient carburisation of iron to steel: a commentA Gallery of Early Blacksmithing Also do a google search on Bloomery and discard everything to do with flowers. As a student of the history of metalworking technologies I would mark you down harshly if I didn't see mention of Egyptian metalworking (there is a Shire book on egyptian metalworking and tools) Perhaps mention of iron vs bronze in the Oddessy Divers Arts written in 1120 A.D. by Theophilus Pirotechnia by Biringuccio and of course De Re Metallica --- a great source of pictures for a report on metals! also "Cathedral Forge and Waterwheel" Gies and Gies, is an easily read book on medieval invention and technology. Hie thee to a library and ask about ILL! NOW! (if you have waited to the last instant, then you get to do without) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBrann Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Thoramighty, does it have to be internet soruces? I am curious as to why? I would also suggest to google "blacksmithing + history" Also how far back and how broad are you going to go? European history, Mid east, India, Far East (China or Japan) Africa? Are you going to add anything from the New world? Copper and gold work in North and South America? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug C Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Do a search on Google books for metal work, blacksmithing etc. Lot's of good resources there as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Thompson Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 It all started here:Ironbridge Gorge Museum - The Iron Bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solvarr Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Try being more specific. Like googling "viking bronze" to get Viking Bronze De Re Metallica is a neat textDe re metallica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I hope this helps some -Solvarr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) "It all started here" ignoring the 2000 years or so of ferrous metalworking and tack on another thousand or two of non ferrous metalworking *before* Abraham Darby started smelting iron with coke rather than charcoal... (I've been to Ironbridge Gorge; it was the one place I said I wanted to visit when I was in England!) I also have a book on Medieval Metal working techniques of India and one on the Agara (sp) a tribe/caste of indian iron workers. Special mention of course of King Tut's iron dagger---much more interesting than his solid gold one IMNSHO! Note to be cautious of books written for "political" or "social" reasons. Quite a few books on ancient china have that slant and are verbose on their claims to have invented *everything* much of it not admitting recent hard dated discoveries that predate the chinese examples... Edited June 24, 2009 by ThomasPowers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Thompson Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Sorry, I'd forgotten that irony doesn't work on the interweb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mod07 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Wootz steel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMetalworking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBronze Age Craft (An Introduction to early metalworking in Britain) as an ex professor, the more sources you use, the better, remember to use proper APA formatting. Writing Tools - Chemistry Library - UW-Madison Wiki is not a considered a primary source, and in most cases not allowed as a serious reference. Find other proof of anything you read there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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