Cooper, Carolyn C. (Author)
Gordon, Robert B. (Author)
H. V. Merrick (Author)
IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-12
Excavation of deposits of manufacturing waste at the site of Eli Whitney's armory has yielded materials that reveal new information about the metallurgical technology used at the armory in the mid-19th century. Besides evidence on the replacement of wrought iron by steel in gun barrels, the excavated materials show that, while other armsmakers adopted drop-forging for iron revolver frames, Eli Whitney, Jr., used the armory foundry to make these frames of malleable cast iron. [1983 Norton Prize winner]
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