The Early Iron Industry of Furness and Districts

An Historical and Descriptive Account from Earliest Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century with an Account of the Furness Ironmasters in Scotland 1726-1800
New issue of 1908 ed
ISBN: 978-0-7146-1393-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 520 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 998 g

Reihe: Library of Industrial Classics.

First Published in 1968. Originally intended for a short account or the chronicles of a mining and iron-making company, this study grew to its present size and now includes a historical and descriptive Account from earliest times to the end of the Eighteenth Century with an account of the Furness Ironmasters in Scotland from 1726 to 1800.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fell, Alfred

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Schwerindustrie, Montanindustrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 The mines: the manor of plain Furness; the manor of Pennington; the manor of Muchland with Bolton and Adgarley; the ancient barony or manor of Ulverston; descriptive; the ore. Part 2 The woodlands: the woods; the charcoal. Part 3 The works: the bloomeries; the bloomsmithies; the bloomery forges; the smelting furnaces; the furnaces - descriptive; the refinery forges. Part 4 Masters and men: the masters; the men. Part 5 The trade: general; the shipping; finance. Part 6 Furness ironmasters in Scotland: Invergarry furnace; Lorn furnace, Bonaw; appendix.

Über Autor(innen)

Alfred Fell