Research into the manufacture of iron bars has revealed that they were high status objects. It would take 25 man-days to produce 1 kg of finished bar from 100kg of charcoal. Most bars are shaped ...

Archaeologists in England are currently puzzling over a 2,000-year-old comb that was carved from the back of a human skull. The comb's teeth show no signs of wear, so they don't believe it was used as ...

It was known as the 'Iron Burgh'.This is a bar of pig iron discovered during excavations on the site of Summerlee Iron Works in Coatbridge, near Glasgow. Summerlee was one of the first iron works ...

Wilkinson invented a 'boring engine' that could bore out cannon from solid iron ... Wilkinson's boring bar is probably the largest drill bit in Wales. Comments are closed for this object What's ...