Originally Posted By: PeteM

I was thinking the other day. It would be great if some one developed a simple glossary for some of this. Between wootz, laminated, twist, Bessemer, damascus, etc some times my head spins.

Pete


From page 11 of "Sporting Guns and Gunpowder" as posted by Drew, there is a list of 39 types of tested tubes. I have descriptions from Bell's "Manufacture of Iron and Steel" and Wilkinson's "Engines of War:..." for Skelp, Siemens-Martin process, Darby's filtration process and those of Swedish steel. But I'm looking for a source for the defintion of: Boston Damascus and economic compound coiling process. Crolle and Pointille are listed and I'm sure they are on Drew's link. The economic compound coiling process may be a straightforward Webster's definition. Any source for pics of such tubes would be appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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Last edited by ellenbr; 12/28/07 03:04 PM.