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41Tuyere — A tuyere is a tube, nozzle or pipe through which air is blown into a furnace or hearth. [W. K. V. Gale, The iron and Steel industry: a dictionary of terms (David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1972), 216 7. ] Air (or oxygen) is injected into a hearth… …
42Osmond process — Osmond iron (also spelt osmund and also called osborn) was wrought iron made by a particular process. This is associated with the first European production of cast iron in furnaces such as Lapphyttan in Sweden.[1] Osmonds appear in some of the… …
43Zanzibar Revolution — The Zanzibar Revolution was the overthrow in 1964 of the Sultan of Zanzibar and his mainly Arab government by 600 800 of the country s African majority, led by Ugandan John Okello. The revolutionaries were largely members of the Afro Shirazi… …
44Shingling — was a stage in the production of bar iron or steel, in the finery and puddling processes. As with many ironmaking terms, this is derived from the French cinglage The product of the finery was a bloom or loop (French loup ); that of the puddling… …
45Bolli Bollason — (also Bolli Bollison) was a key historical character in the Medieval Icelandic Laxdœla saga , born around 1004. [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ sjacobso/fam01154.htm Genealogy of Bolli Bollason] ] . He grew up in Orlygsstadir …
46Oregrounds iron — Statue of Louis de Geer (1587 1652) in Norrköping, Sweden. De Geer introduced the Walloon method to Sweden. Oregrounds iron was a grade of iron that was regarded as the best grade available in 18th century England. The term was derived from the… …
47Operation Boris — Unguja and Pemba, the two main islands of Zanzibar Planned by British Armed Forces …
48Révolution de Zanzibar — Carte de l État de Zanzibar avec les deux îles principales d Unguja et Pemba qui forment l archipel de Zanzibar avec Mafia (hors carte). Informations générales …
49array — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. clothing, apparel; host, multitude; arrangement. See assemblage, ostentation, continuity, order. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Formal order] Syn. design, pattern, arrangement; see …
50frippery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. finery, trifles, gewgaws, trumpery; see finery , frill 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Showy and elaborate clothing or apparel: array, attire, finery, regalia. See PUT ON. 2. Something or things that are unimportant:… …
