Piece of a puddle ball

Made:
before 1889
Piece of a puddle ball

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Piece of a puddle ball
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Piece of a puddle ball, heated by the waste gases of the blast furnace, communicated by Mr. Levick, 1860

Details

Category:
Metallurgy
Object Number:
1889-164/3396
type:
specimen
credit:
John Percy Collection

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