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Ironmaster, the Glossary

An ironmaster is the manager, and usually owner, of a forge or blast furnace for the processing of iron.^[1]

52 relations: Abraham Darby, Abraham Darby I, American Revolutionary War, Andrew Handyside and Company, Anthony Wayne, Atsion, New Jersey, Batsto Village, New Jersey, Battle of Brandywine, Blast furnace, Bolckow, Vaughan, Cast iron, Casting, Charles I of England, Coalbrookdale, Coke (fuel), Continental Army, English Civil War, Forest of Dean, Forge, Franklin stove, George Washington, Henry Bolckow, Industrial Revolution, James Watt, John Vaughan (ironmaster), John Wilkinson (industrialist), John Winter (Royalist), List of Washington's Headquarters during the Revolutionary War, Losh, Wilson and Bell, Lowthian Bell, Martha Furnace (New Jersey), Metallurgy, Middlesbrough, Mount Grace Priory, New Jersey, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northallerton, Osmotherley, North Yorkshire, Pig iron, Port Clarence, Reading Furnace Historic District, Refining, Rounton Grange, Samuel Richards (ironmaster), Samuel Van Leer, Sir Hugh Bell, 2nd Baronet, Smelting, Steam engine, Stuart Restoration, The Iron Bridge, ... Expand index (2 more) »
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Abraham Darby

Abraham Darby may refer to.

Abraham Darby, in his later life called Abraham Darby the Elder, now sometimes known for convenience as Abraham Darby I (14 April 1677 – 5 May 1717, the first and best known of several men of that name), was a British ironmaster and foundryman.

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Andrew Handyside and Company

Andrew Handyside and Company was an iron founder in Derby, England, in the nineteenth century.

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Anthony Wayne

Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 – December 15, 1796) was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States.

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Atsion, New Jersey

Atsion is an unincorporated community located within Shamong Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Batsto Village, New Jersey

Batsto Village (or simply Batsto) is a historic unincorporated community located on CR 542 within Washington Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

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Battle of Brandywine

The Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American Continental Army of General George Washington and the British Army of General Sir William Howe on September 11, 1777, as part of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).

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Blast furnace

A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper. Ironmaster and blast furnace are industrial Revolution.

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Bolckow, Vaughan

Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., Ltd was an English ironmaking and mining company founded in 1864, based on the partnership since 1840 of its two founders, Henry Bolckow and John Vaughan.

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%.

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Casting

Casting is a manufacturing process in which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Coalbrookdale

Coalbrookdale is a village in the Ironbridge Gorge and the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, containing a settlement of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. Ironmaster and Coalbrookdale are industrial Revolution.

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Coke (fuel)

Coke is a grey, hard, and porous coal-based fuel with a high carbon content. Ironmaster and Coke (fuel) are industrial Revolution.

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Continental Army

The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.

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Forest of Dean

The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England.

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Forge

A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located.

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Franklin stove

The Franklin stove is a metal-lined fireplace named after Benjamin Franklin, who invented it in 1742.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

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Henry Bolckow

Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow, originally Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Bölckow, (8 December 1806 – 18 June 1878) was a Victorian industrialist and Member of Parliament, acknowledged as being one of the founders of modern Middlesbrough.

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.

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James Watt

James Watt (30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.

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John Vaughan (ironmaster)

John Vaughan, known as Jacky, was born in Worcester on "St Thomas' Day" in 1799, the son of Welsh parents.

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John Wilkinson (industrialist)

John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson (1728 – 14 July 1808) was an English industrialist who pioneered the manufacture of cast iron and the use of cast-iron goods during the Industrial Revolution.

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John Winter (Royalist)

Sir John Winter also spelt Wintour and Wyntour (about 1600–1676) was an English ironmaster and landowner at Lydney in Gloucestershire, who was an ardent supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.

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List of Washington's Headquarters during the Revolutionary War

The following is a list of buildings or locations that served as headquarters for General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War.

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Losh, Wilson and Bell

Losh, Wilson and Bell, later Bells, Goodman, then Bells, Lightfoot and finally Bell Brothers, was a leading Northeast England manufacturing company, founded in 1809 by the partners William Losh, Thomas Wilson, and Thomas Bell.

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Lowthian Bell

Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, 1st Baronet, FRS (18 February 1816 – 20 December 1904) was a Victorian ironmaster and Liberal Party politician from Washington, County Durham, in the north of England.

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Martha Furnace (New Jersey)

Martha Furnace is an abandoned iron furnace in Burlington County, New Jersey, in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

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Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys.

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Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a town in North Yorkshire, England.

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Mount Grace Priory

Mount Grace Priory is a monastery in the parish of East Harlsey, North Yorkshire, England.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England.

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Northallerton

Northallerton is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

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Osmotherley, North Yorkshire

Osmotherley is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton hills in North Yorkshire, six miles north-east of Northallerton.

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Pig iron

Pig iron, also known as crude iron, is an intermediate good used by the iron industry in the production of steel.

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Port Clarence

Port Clarence is a small village in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England.

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Reading Furnace Historic District

The Reading Furnace Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Warwick Township and East Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

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Refining

Refining (also perhaps called by the mathematical term affining) is the process of purification of a (1) substance or a (2) form.

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Rounton Grange

Rounton Grange was a country house in East Rounton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

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Samuel Richards (ironmaster)

Samuel Richards (March 8, 1769 – January 4, 1842) was an American businessman and ironmaster.

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Samuel Van Leer

Captain Samuel Van Leer (January 7, 1747 – October 15, 1825) was a military officer from Pennsylvania who served as a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and as a lieutenant in the Chester County Light Horse Volunteers from 1781 to 1785.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironmaster

Also known as Iron-master.

, Victorian era, Wrought iron.

Ironmaster, the Glossary

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Ironmasters

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