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- Title
The production and consumption of bar iron in early modern England and Wales.
- Authors
KING, PETER
- Abstract
The production and consumption of bar iron in early modern England and Wales. An estimate made of the bar iron production in England shows two periods when production grew rapidly,1540-1620 and 1785-1810. Both of these were related to the adoption of new technology-the finery forge in the first case, and potting and stamping and then puddling in the second. Imports of iron fromSpain declined sharply after 1540, but those from Sweden became significant from the mid-seventeenthcentury, and those from Russia after 1730. Consumption grew rapidly in the late sixteenth century,and again during the eighteenth. Hence, the industrial revolution was the culmination of a long periodof growth.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; WALES; PRODUCTION (Economic theory); CONSUMPTION (Economics); ECONOMIC development; MANUFACTURED products
- Publication
Economic History Review, 2005, Vol 58, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0289.2005.00296.x