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Peter Onions, the Glossary

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Peter Onions (1724 – 1798) was an English ironmaster and the inventor of an early puddling process used for the refining of pig iron into wrought iron.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 9 relations: Broseley, GKN, Henry Cort, Ironmaster, Merthyr Tydfil, Patent, Pig iron, Puddling (metallurgy), Wrought iron.

  2. Businesspeople from Shropshire
  3. Engineers from Shropshire
  4. People from Broseley

Broseley

Broseley is a market town in Shropshire, England, with a population of 4,929 at the 2011 Census and an estimate of 5,022 in 2019.

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GKN

GKN Ltd is a British multinational automotive and aerospace components business headquartered in Redditch, England.

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Henry Cort

Henry Cort (c. 1740 – 23 May 1800) was an English ironware producer who was formerly a Navy pay agent. Peter Onions and Henry Cort are British ironmasters, British metallurgists and People of the Industrial Revolution.

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Ironmaster

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

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Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.

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Patent

A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.

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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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Puddling is the process of converting pig iron to bar (wrought) iron in a coal fired reverberatory furnace.

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Wrought iron

Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%).

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See also

Businesspeople from Shropshire

Engineers from Shropshire

People from Broseley

References

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

Also known as Onions, Peter.