as a fuel for smelting iron. Most early writers on industrial history accepted Dudley's writings at their face value without inquiring into their correctness. A proposal made some years ago to ...
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possibly as early as 4,000 B.C., tried to use the techniques they already knew to smelt iron ore. Unsuccessful at these attempts, they sought a new technique. It wasn't until the discovery that ...