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Auteur(s) : Sim, David (1947-....)
Kaminski, Jaime
Titre(s) : Roman imperial armour [Texte imprimé] : the production of early imperial military armour / David Sim and J. Kaminski
Publication : Oakville : Oxbow Books, 2012
Description matérielle : x, 180 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Comprend : The evidence ; Introduction ; Written and visual sources ; Metallographic and
surface examination ; Experimental archaeology ; Conclusions ; Iron production
; Introduction ; Sources of iron in the Roman Empire ; Moving the ore ; Charcoal
production ; Ore preparation ; Bloomery iron production ; Bloomsmithing (pimary
smithing) ; Clean iron ; Conclusions ; Blacksmithing techniques and production
methods ; Introduction ; Blacksmithing ; Welding ; Heat treatment ; Advantages
of hot and cold working ; Work hardening ; Forming sheet metal hemispheres ; Producing
holes in sheet metal ; Materials testing in antiquity ; Recycling metal ; Manufacture
; Economics ; Conclusions ; The production of sheet metal ; Methods of sheet iron
production ; Conclusions ; Contents ; Iron and steel ; Introduction ; Methods
of making steel ; Hardening and tempering ; Conclusions ; Surface treatment of
roman armour ; Introduction ; Rust prevention ; The surface appearance of roman
armour ; Polishing ; Coatings ; A comparison of different surface treatments ;
Preventing rusting during storage ; Conclusions ; Helmets (galea or cassis) ; Introduction
; Parts of the helmet ; Methods of manufacture ; Conclusions ; Scale armour (lorica
squamata) ; Body armour ; Lorica squamata ; Typology of lorica squamata ; The
nature of scale armour ; Field repairs ; Case study: the Carlisle shoulder piece
; Metallography ; Wire to join scales ; Replication of scale armour ; The future
of scale armour ; Conclusions ; Ring mail (lorica hamata) ; Introduction ; Wire
production ; Wire drawing ; Type of metals used for wire ; Experimental method
for producing a draw plate ; Wire drawing ; Ring types ; Non-ferrous rings ; Riveted
rings ; Conclusions ; Contents ; Segmented body armour (lorica segmentata) ; Introduction
; Conclusions ; Leg and arm armour ; Arm armour ; Greaves (ocrea) ; Method of
manufacture ; Conclusion ; The shield and boss (umbo) ; Introduction ; Shield
edging (guttering) ; The construction typology of shield bosses ; Double-skinned
ferrous shield bosses ; Laminated shield bosses (welded) ; Other materials ; Conclusions
; Conclusions ; Appendix 1: The survival of ancient machines ; Appendix 2: One-sided
carburization ; Glossary ; Latin terms.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references
Sujet(s) : Armures antiques -- Rome
Histoire militaire -- Rome
Numéros : ISBN 9781842174357. - ISBN 1842174355
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb425791862
Notice n° :
FRBNF42579186
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