The history of the iron industry in the Forest of Dean region 1562-1660
The indirect process of iron smelting in Britain entered on a period of expansion from the 1540s until 1560 on the Weald., then over the whole country. By 1600 nearly 18,000 tons of pig was made in England and Wales, by the 1650s 22,000 tone and. by 1720 about 25,000. In the l560a the process arrive...
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Queen Mary, University of London
1972
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