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and as many of our centres of iron-smelting are situated within easy access of the coast, Bessemer ores were naturally looked for abroad, and an energetic importation of foreign ores ensued.
It's not clear how the Bantu gained their skills in iron working. The great smelting tradition of the Kushite Kingdom of Meroe (around 500 BC) did not spread either further west or towards the ...
A model of a wind-powered furnace newly set up in the Martin Wickramasinghe museum in Koggala brings to life an ancient iron smelting industry. By Renuka Sadanandan, Pix by M.A. Pushpa Kumara ...