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Chinese Water Powered Blast Furnace,1st Century

Water powered blast furnace. The effectiveness of the Chinese blast furnace was enhanced during this period by the engineer Du Shi (c. 31 AD), who applied the power of waterwheels to piston-bellows in forging cast iron. The primary advantage of the early blast furnace was in large scale production and making iron implements more readily available to peasants. Usage of the blast and cupola furnace remained widespread during the Song and Tang Dynasties. By the 11th century, the Song Dynasty Chinese iron industry made a switch of resources from charcoal to coke in casting iron and steel, sparing thousands of acres of woodland from felling. This may have happened as early as the 4th century AD. No artist credited, undated (cropped and cleaned).
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Chinese Water Powered Blast Furnace,1st Century
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Water powered blast furnace. The effectiveness of the Chinese blast furnace was enhanced during this period by the engineer Du Shi (c. 31 AD), who applied the power of waterwheels to piston-bellows in forging cast iron. The primary advantage of the early blast furnace was in large scale production and making iron implements more readily available to peasants. Usage of the blast and cupola furnace remained widespread during the Song and Tang Dynasties. By the 11th century, the Song Dynasty Chinese iron industry made a switch of resources from charcoal to coke in casting iron and steel, sparing thousands of acres of woodland from felling. This may have happened as early as the 4th century AD. No artist credited, undated (cropped and cleaned).
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Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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3282 x 4800 px | 45.1 MB
Print size:
27.8 x 40.6 cm | 10.9 x 16.0 in (300 dpi)
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