Invention Timeline - Jean Francois Clouet, French Chemist and Mathematician; Perfected the Manufacture of Cast Steel
b. November 11, 1751 and d. June 4, 1801
French chemist and mathematician. France is indebted to him for having perfected the manufacture of cast steel and for an imitation of Damascus scimiter blades.
It may be averred that as certainly as the age of
iron superseded that of bronze, so will the age of
steel reign triumphant over iron.
—Henry Bessemer
Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle
the harp and organ. And Zillah, she also bare
Tubal-cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass
and iron. —Genesis, Chapter IV 640 B. C.—Phœcus of Samos invented the art of casting statues in iron and bronze. 640 B. C.—Phœcus of Samos invented the art of casting statues in iron and bronze. 1515—Tyrol. The rolling machine was invented by Hall.
640 B. C.—Phœcus of Samos invented the art of casting statues in iron and bronze. 1515—Tyrol. The rolling machine was invented by Hall. 1740—Benjamin Huntsman set up a manufactory for cast steel at Handsworth, near Sheffield.
1800—The manufacture of shear-steel began in Sheffield.
1867, November (about)—John Heaton’s process for making steel was announced.
1867—Montefiore-Levi and Kunzel invented an alloy of copper, tin and phosphorus known as phosphor-bronze.
1876—Manganese bronze, a new metal, was produced by P. M. Parsons, inventor of white brass.
