Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London [etc.] : T.N. Foulis · leaf 392
d remainedoutside the fire, drop the weapon so, point down-wards, into the bucket of water. Any curve isthen made straight by beating upon the concaveside, and the part which had been previously keptoutside the trench of fire returns to the forge andis duly heated. The entire blade is next… … SWORD ARMS The following passage from Bowles NaturalHistory of Spain, written in 1752, is also ofespecial interest here:—At a leagues distancefrom Mondragon is a mine of varnished, or, asminers term it, frozen iron. It lies in the midstof soft red earth, and produces natural steel—avery curious…
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