| The authority's archaeologists have since found evidence of the bloomery forge, a dam, a wheelpit, and slag heaps. |
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| In 1408 the bishop of Durham established the first water-powered bloomery in Britain, with the power apparently operating the bellows. |
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| So apparently this was a true blast furnace and not merely a bloomery. |
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| In 1695, John Hathaway, who settled in nearby Freetown, in company with other citizens, set up a bloomery known as Chartley Iron Works on Stony Brook. |
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| Work went on continually so the fire never went out, which meant a typical bloomery had an output of about 600 kg of iron a day. |
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| The final version of this kind of bloomery hearth survived in Spain until the 19th century. |
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| The blast furnaces operates as a countercurrent exchange process whereas a bloomery does not. |
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| Another design, the high bloomery furnace, had a taller shaft and evolved into the Stückofen, which produced blooms so large they had to be removed through a front opening. |
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| Despite the military demand for cast iron, most civil applications required malleable iron, which until then had been made directly in a bloomery. |
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| In the bloomery hearth process, the blast furnace technology of later years was anticipated: charcoal served as fuel, and draught was used to increase the temperature for smelting. |
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| Air was blown in through a tuyere to heat the bloomery to a temperature somewhat below the melting point of iron. |
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| This pumping of airstream in with bellows is known as cold blast, and it increases the fuel efficiency of the bloomery and improves yield. |
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| The osmond process was the first of the indirect processes, developed by 1203, but bloomery production continued in many places. |
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| He petitioned to build an iron bloomery, a hearth that can smelt iron for metal work. |
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| While the bloomery process produced wrought iron directly from ore, cast iron or pig iron were the starting materials used in the finery forge and puddling furnace. |
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| The bloomery and osmond processes were gradually replaced from the 15th century by finery processes, of which there were two versions, the German and Walloon. |
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| Different forms of bloomery were used at different places and times. |
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| The bloomery was charged with charcoal and iron ore and then lit. |
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| If the bloomery were allowed to become hot enough to melt the iron, carbon would dissolve into it and form pig or cast iron, but that was not the intention. |
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| However, the design of a bloomery made it difficult to reach the melting point of iron and also prevented the concentration of carbon monoxide from becoming high. |
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| Most early processes in Europe and Africa involved smelting iron ore in a bloomery, where the temperature is kept low enough so that the iron does not melt. |
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| Iron bloomery slag was also frequently found in the project area and the ore probably also came from the Kounov coal seam, in the form of pelosiderite. |
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| Accordingly, we found ourselves immersed in the world of exotic bloomery marvelling at the hand tying abilities of Pascal, Nathalie's flower loving boyfriend. |
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| Tickets can be purchased at The Bloomery, Boutique 109, Elena's Gourmet Grocery, Hey Good Look'n, Presto Pizza, and Trudies' Treats. |
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