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Hist Metall 39 (1)
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Hist Metall 39 (1)
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Historical Metallurgy
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39 (1)
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Journal
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Editor:
Justine Bayley
Sam Murphy
David W Crossley
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Historical Metallurgy Society
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2005
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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23 Feb 2006
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Abstract
Alchemy, chemistry and metallurgy in Renaissance Europe: a wider context for fire-assay remains
Marcos Martinón-Torres
Thilo Rehren
14 - 28
The paper discusses the Renaissance perception of `alchemy' and `chemistry' as a single sphere of activity, substantially overlapping with metallurgy and involving the routine conduct of fire assays. The authors argue that there was a bi-directional flow of theories and practices between these strongly intertwined fields, and that fire assay, as a technique for quantitative metallurgical analysis, was the most important point of intersection. As such, it is argued that it was essential for the development of modern metallurgy and also of chemistry and science in general. The ideas are presented in an attempt to provide a reference framework for the interpretation of fire-assay remains, and are illustrated with material from an ongoing study of laboratory remains from Austria.
Charles Dawson's cast-iron statuette: the authentication of iron antiquities and possibl...
Paul T Craddock
Janet Lang
32 - 44
Scientific examination of an iron statuette acquired and published by Charles Dawson, and of another figure found more recently at the Roman iron smelting site at Beauport Park, Sussex, has shown both to be of coal- or coke-smelted grey cast iron, the sulphur and manganese content of the Dawson statuette suggesting that it is Victorian, and its treatment with potassium dichromate linking it to the Piltdown forgeries with which Dawson was associated. The other figure is more complex but still believed to be relatively recent. The authors argue that iron that does not contain evidence of smelting with fossil fuels can be difficult to date or authenticate, and some of the problems with the direct dating of iron by radiocarbon dating or by metallographic structure are discussed. Other examples of grey cast iron have been reported from several Romano-British sites, and consideration of their composition and archaeological context suggests to the authors that most are probably intrusive, although some could be evidence of experiments to smelt iron using coal in the Roman period.
Abstracts
66 - 71