Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Contents ix
5. LIST OF TABLES xiii
6. LIST OF FIGURES xvi
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. PART I: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN IRON , 1700-1815
9. ONE : THE CHARCOAL IRON INDUSTRY IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 7
10. TWO. THE CHOICE OF FUEL BEFORE 1750 23
11. THREE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARCOAL IRON INDUSTRY, 1700-1750 42
12. FOUR. THE ADOPTION OF COKE-SMELTING, 1750-1790 53
13. FIVE: INNOVATION IN THE WROUGHT IRON SECTOR: THE POTTING AND PUDDLING PROCESSES TO 1790 76
14. SIX: THE IRON INDUSTRY IN WAR, 1790-1815 95
15. SEVEN: THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: THE IRON INDUSTRY IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY 117
16. PART II: THE MATURE IRON INDUSTRY, 1815-1870
17. EIGHT: THE IRON INDUSTRY IN PEACE, 1815- 1830: ADJUSTMENT AND INNOVATION 135
18. NINE: THE HOT BLAST AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SMELTING SECTOR, 1828-1870 146
19. TEN: THE WROUGHT IRON SECTOR, 1830-1870 166
20. ELEVEN: THE IRON INDUSTRY ON THE EVE OF THE AGE OF STEEL 174
21. TWELVE: TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRITISH IRON INDUSTRY: SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 193
22. APPENDICES
23. APPENDIX A: BRITISH IRON OUTPUT, 1715-1750 213
24. APPENDIX B: CALCULATING VARIABLE COSTS FROM EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY IRONWORKS ACCOUNTS: A NOTE 221
25. APPENDIX C: PIG IRON OUTPUT ESTIMATES FOR GREAT BRITAIN, 1788-1860 223
26. Bibliography
27. Sources Cited 257
28. Index 273