Discover how iron was first forged in ancient times and that it wasn't actually discovered until around 3500 BC, after which it quickly became a staple of civilization
The earliest known use of iron was to make tools. The first known attempt at heating iron, however, did not take place until around 2500 BCE, with the development of pottery furnaces
The ancient Britons used large bellows (called cauldrons) to heat their furnaces, which could be as large as 30 feet in diameter. They also used charcoal or coal for fuel
The Romans were highly skilled at smelting, using clay pots and charcoal as fuel sources. They developed a technique where they would seal the bottom of the pot with lead or tin foil so that noxious gases from the smelting process would escape〞this is what we now call ※blowing off§ fumes from an open-flame furnace.
who first forged metal
