Long before the discovery of iron reshaped civilizations, Bronze Age metalworkers may discovered it by accident, new research ...

When you hear it said that “Modern steel is disposable by design”, your ears perk up, as you just caught the unmistakable sound of faux romanticism along with ‘lost ancient technology‘ vibes. Although ...

Ancient Bronze Age metalworkers producing copper may have been unknowingly generating iron as well. Robert Downes of the ...

Solder is the conductive metal glue that one uses to stick components together. If you get the component and the PCB hot enough, and melt a little solder in the joint, it will stay put and conduct ...

The Jaigarh Fort located on the top of a peak in the Aravalli range stands directly about 400 m above the Amer Fort, and was built with the primary objective of guarding the Amer fort, which was then ...

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A reanalysis of a 3,000-year-old workshop in southern Georgia suggests Bronze Age copper workers experimenting with hematite may have unintentionally pioneered iron smelting. The site, Kvemo Bolnisi, ...

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THIS is the third volume of a valuable series of treatises on metallurgy, written by Associates of the Royal School of Mines, under the able editorship of Prof. Roberts-Austen. It occupies an ...