10. A Short History Of Metals

10.1 Copper - First Metal in Ancient Times

10.1.1 Discovering Metals

10.1.2 Native Copper

10.1.3 Smelting Copper - The First

10.1.4 Smelting Copper - The Second

10.1.5 Copper Final

10.2 Making Iron

10.2.1 Early Iron

10.2.2 Smelting Iron

10.2.3 Smelting Wrought Iron, Steel and Cast Iron

10.2.4 Bloomeries

10.3 Iron and Steel in Early Europe

10.3.1 Technology Transfer

10.3.2 The Iron Trade

10.4. Crucible Steel

10.4.1 The Making of Crucible Steel in Antiquity

10.4.2 Making Old-Fashioned Crucible Steel in Modern Times

10. 5. Iron and Steel in "Modern" Europe

10.5.1 From Bloomeries to the Blast Furnace

10.5.2 Making Steel up to 1870

10.5.3 Making Steel after 1870

10.5.4 Making Steel Things


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