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John Percy knew EVERYONE. And when he needed an answer he got it.
Most of what he did was contemporary (mid 1800s). So he is not as
useful as a source on the history of the iron industry. But he is
also using almost exclusively first person reports, not secondary
sources. The same is not true of many of the other 19th and early
20th century books. Unfortunately, most of what has been done since
relies heavily on secondary sources and tends to reuse earlier work,
rather than doing original research. Reference for Percy is:
Percy, John
1864 Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from
Their Ores, and Adapting Them to Various Purposes of Manufacture:
Iron and Steel. John Murray, Albemarle Street, London.
There is a 1980s reprint, but the quality of the drawings is nowhere
near as good as the original. It would appear that a new reprint may
be available soon. One of his other volumes came out as a paperback.
James Brothers, RPA
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