Re: 1/4 mile of one inch wrought iron

JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

On 24 Aug 2024 03:20:05 -0300, Mike Spencer
<mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
 

Wrought is the archaic form of "worked," the more commonly used past
tense and past participle of work.
 
Wrought iron, iron with a very low carbon content that has been
wrought (hammered) by hand.

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...in the process of converting what comes out of the blast furnace into
merchant bar.

 
When shaping one inch iron, I assume heat was used.  If so, then
another definition (redux) of wrought iron.
 
OED says "There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun wrought
iron...OED's earliest evidence for wrought iron is from 1556.
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/wrought-iron_n
 
But, OED wants $100.00/yr for a  subscription, so I don't know OED's
defintion:-)

Your library may have a subscription you can access.  Anyway:


"Originally: iron made in a forge or a puddling furnace, as opposed to being
cast; iron of this nature in the form of a finished product.  In later use:
spec.  iron made by melting pig iron so as to produce a metal containing
little carbon and a small proportion of slag, which gives it a
characteristic fibrous structure, used esp.  for ornamental ironwork, often
in a style characterized by scrollwork.  Contrasted with cast iron.

Wrought iron is noted for being malleable, ductile, and resistant to
corrosion, but has been largely superseded by mild steel; the term is now
sometimes used to denote mild steel when it is used for the type of
metalwork regarded as characteristic of wrought iron (see, for example,
quots.  1978, 1986 at Compounds C.1).

1556
    Twa pund of wrocht irne.
in R. Adam, Edinburgh Rec. (1899) vol. I. 196

1615
    All kind of furres and wrought iron, do here sell to much profit.
G. Sandys, Relation of Journey i. 86

1693
    Why else should he [sc. Aristotle] tell us that Wrought Iron it self may be made Liquid, so as to harden again.., if it was not to explain to us the manner of making of Steel.
Philosophical Transactions (Royal Society) vol. 17 869

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