Making a samurai sword Tamahagane roughly translates to ?¢‚ǨÀújewel steel?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ and it is mainly used in the creation of Samurai swords like the katana and also some tools. This steel is created from black sand. The smelting process for this material is different from that... Continue reading
Serving The Steel Industry For Over 45 Years
A pirate?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s life for me Pirates have been called a lot of things and many of those things were not so complementary. One thing that pirates have not been is inefficient. Because they lived constantly on a ship, they had to practice not only cleanliness,... Continue reading
There are many popular books regarding the steel industry, this is just a couple of them. The first title; The U. S. Steel Industry in Recurrent Crisis: Policy Options in a Competitive World, talks about the steel industry, how it has interacted with the economy... Continue reading
The dawn of steel In the pre 1800s, the process of technical innovation as well as growth of demand made it not only possible, but necessary for a new type of production to occur, this is the same as it happened with the iron making... Continue reading
From failure to success The first process used for mass producing steel is called the Bessemer Process. This process was named after Sir Henry Bessemer of England. The process evolved out of the contributions of a multitude of investigators before it could be utilized on... Continue reading
Morgan’s early years J. P. Morgan was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and he preferred to be known as Pierpont. Pierpont went through school studying varied disciplines due to his father’s desires. In 1848, Pierpont attended Hartford Public School, and then transferred to the Episcopal Academy... Continue reading
Carnegie’s early years Andrew Carnegie first set foot on American soil when he was thirteen years of age. He was just one of a multitude of Scottish immigrants who dreamed the first American dream. The one where you go from rags to riches by your... Continue reading
The Birth of American Steel The first big need for steel was within the railroad system. Steel was extremely important and influential during the U. S. industrialization period based in the second part of the 19th century. The Bessemer process was instrumental in the development... Continue reading
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