Mine et metal, 1780-1880

This well-researched book focuses on technological changes in the mining, metallurgy, and processing of copper, zinc, and lead from 1780 to 1880 in France, and more broadly in Europe. Anne-Francoise Garçon considers these three metals to be related through their geology and metallurgy, and they were often substituted for one another in manufacturing. During the eighteenth century, France used lead from Great Britain, copper from Sweden, and brass from Liège; in the nineteenth, France used lead from Spain and Sardinia and zinc from Belgium and Silesia. Garçon claims that "public power" in France had a hard time coming to terms with the dominance of foreign raw materials and the mundane and strategic uses of nonferrous metals. In addition, the silver-bearing nature of ores contributed to a more complex story of technology and politics

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