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  2. Roman metallurgy - Wikipedia

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    Many of the metallurgical skills developed in the Bronze Age were still in use during Roman times. Melting—the process of using heat to separate slag and metal, smelting—using a reduced oxygen heated environment to separate metal oxides into metal and carbon dioxide, roasting—process of using an oxygen rich environment to isolate sulphur ...

  3. Bloomery - Wikipedia

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    The ancient bloomeries that produced metal tools for the Nubians and Kushites produced a surplus for sale. All traditional sub-Saharan African iron-smelting processes are variants of the bloomery process. [4] There is considerable discussion about the origins of iron metallurgy in Africa.

  4. Mining in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    An ancient Roman quarry near the city of Carthago Nova Ancient Roman open-pit mine in Slovenia. The Romans usually built quarries near the seas or rivers. [31] [35] Upon finding an adequate place for a quarry, the rock was withered away, usually through trial trenching. Afterwards, a line of holes would be chiseled into the rock surface, and ...

  5. Tin sources and trade during antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The early Roman world was mainly supplied with tin from its Iberian provinces of Gallaecia and Lusitania and to a lesser extent Tuscany. Pliny mentions that in 80 BC, a senatorial decree halted all mining on the Italian Peninsula, stopping any tin mining activity in Tuscany and increasing Roman dependence on tin from Brittany, Iberia, and Cornwall.

  6. Mining in Roman Britain - Wikipedia

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    The Roman West Country (1976) Elkington H.D.H. The Development of the Mining of Lead in the Iberian Peninsula and Britain under the Roman Empire. Durham University Library (1968) Jones G. D. B., I. J. Blakey, and E. C. F. MacPherson, Dolaucothi: the Roman aqueduct, Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 19 (1960): 71-84 and plates III-V.

  7. Category:Industry in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Roman metallurgy; Meurin Roman mine; Mining in ancient Rome; Mining in Roman Britain; N. Noric steel; R. Roman mining; Rosia Montana Mining Cultural Landscape; Ruina ...

  8. Category:Ancient Roman metalwork - Wikipedia

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  9. Metals of antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The metals of antiquity generally have low melting points, with iron being the exception.. Mercury melts at −38.829 °C (−37.89 °F) [21] (being liquid at room temperature).