The sword and the crucible : a history of the metallurgy of European swords up to the 16th century /
The sword was the most important of weapons, but relatively little has been written about its metallurgy. The results of the microscopic examination of over a hundred swords are used to tell the story of the making of swords from the first examples through the Middle Ages to the 16th century.
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The sword and the crucible : |b a history of the metallurgy of European swords up to the 16th century / |c by Alan Williams. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Preface; PART ONE; THE FIRST METALS; Chapter one; The Extraction of the First Metals; Chapter two; The Smelting of Iron and the Production of Steel; Chapter three; Different Ways of Making Steel--Eastern and Western Steelmaking; PART two; THE FIRST EUROPEAN SWORDS; Chapter four; Celtic and Roman Swords; Chapter FIVE; Pattern-Welding; PART three; THE "DARK" AGES IN EUROPE; Chapter six; The Revival of Science in Europe; Chapter seven; The Survival of Technology From the Ancient World; Chapter eight; Viking-Age Swords and Their Inscriptions; PART FOUR; STEEL ARMOUR AND SWORDS. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter nineThe Invention of the Blast Furnace and Finery; Chapter ten; Bloomery Steel and the Development of All-Steel Swords after 1400; Chapter eleven; The Mass-Production of Steel for Swords and Armour; Chapter twelve; The Decoration of Swords by Etching and Gilding; Chapter thirteen; Medieval European swords after 1000; Further reading; Index. | |
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