Puddling (metallurgy) — Puddling was an Industrial Revolution means of making iron and steel. In the original puddling technique, molten iron in a reverberatory furnace was stirred with rods, which were consumed in the process. Later, it was also used to produce a good… … Wikipedia
Puddle (disambiguation) — Puddle may refer to: * Puddle, an accumulation of water on a surface * Puddle clay, a type of waterproof cement * Puddle (M. C. Escher), a woodcut by M.C. Escher * Weld puddle, a crucial part of the welding process * Puddle of Mudd, an American… … Wikipedia
Puddle — This article is about the liquid phenomenon. For other uses, see Puddle (disambiguation). A seep puddle in a forest clearing A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface. It can form either by pooling in a depression on … Wikipedia
Pun (disambiguation) — Pun may refer to:* Pun, a figure of speech that plays on words that are similar to each other * Pan (surname) (also spelt Pun or Poon), a Chinese surname * a tool used to tamp down clay: see puddling (engineering) * Big Pun, a rapper * Type… … Wikipedia
Wrought iron — is commercially pure iron. In contrast to steel, it has a very low carbon content. It is a fibrous material due to the slag inclusions (a normal constituent). This is also what gives it a grain resembling wood, which is visible when it is etched… … Wikipedia
History of ferrous metallurgy — Iron (material) redirects here. For the chemical element Fe, see Iron. Bloomery smelting during the Middle Ages. The history of ferrous metallurgy began far back in prehistory. The earliest surviving iron artifacts, from the 5th millennium BC in… … Wikipedia
technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… … Universalium
metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… … Universalium
iron processing — Introduction use of a smelting process to turn the ore into a form from which products can be fashioned. Included in this article also is a discussion of the mining of iron and of its preparation for smelting. Iron (Fe) is a… … Universalium
List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have … Wikipedia
