osmundsmedja

English translation: osmund forge

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Swedish term or phrase:osmundsmedja
English translation:osmund forge
Entered by: Michele Fauble

19:15 Mar 16, 2008
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Metallurgy / Casting
Swedish term or phrase: osmundsmedja
Context:

Lekebruket grundades av hertig Karl 1572 och omfattade masugn, osmundsmedjor och gjuteri för främst krigsmaterial.
Cristian Iscrulescu
United States
Local time: 11:02
osmund forge
Explanation:
The traditional osmund forge was energetically opposed; the finished product should instead be bar iron, and the responsibility for this element in the long ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=157181955X...

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Osmond iron (also spelt osmund and also called osborn) was wrought iron made by a particular process. This is associated with the first European production of cast iron in furnaces such as Lapphyttan in Sweden.[1]

Osmond iron was made by melting pig iron in a hearth rather narrower and deeper than a typical finery in an English finery forge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmond_process

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osmund forge


Explanation:
The traditional osmund forge was energetically opposed; the finished product should instead be bar iron, and the responsibility for this element in the long ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=157181955X...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-03-16 21:20:56 GMT)
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Osmond iron (also spelt osmund and also called osborn) was wrought iron made by a particular process. This is associated with the first European production of cast iron in furnaces such as Lapphyttan in Sweden.[1]

Osmond iron was made by melting pig iron in a hearth rather narrower and deeper than a typical finery in an English finery forge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmond_process



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