Making cast iron pans. 19th-century artwork showing workers in China producing cast iron cooking pans. Cast iron is a form of iron that has been prepa

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Making cast iron pans. 19th-century artwork showing workers in China producing cast iron cooking pans. Cast iron is a form of iron that has been prepared by casting in a mould, as opposed to later, more advanced methods of producing iron. Cast iron was used in ancient China for weapons, and farming and cooking implements. This is the stage where the moulds for the iron cooking pans are taken off the fire after they have turned red. This artwork is an opaque watercolour. It dates from circa 1820.

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Size: 4913px × 3921px
Photo credit: © BRITISH LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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