Making of iron is known to many, but not difficult steel.
The Rig Veda mentions about steel. Archeologists found earliest
evidence for the manufacture of steel in
South India. History says that when Alexander visited India
with copper swords, the Punjabis presented him a steel sword.
The Arabians used to make a lot
of money by selling Indian steel ingots to Europe. In
1746, the queen of Britain had sent a scientist named
Benjamin Hauntsman to India to obtain the secret of making
steel. Hauntsman stayed in India for some years, went back
to Britain and submitted a report to the queen. Some
historic records say that he did not write the main secret
and he started his foundry in his native town. How the
secret reached Henry Bessemer is unnecessary for us
because his process was essentially the Indian crucible
method of making steel. Another Indian contribution to
industries in Europe was the process of casting. The
frames of machine tools of that time were made of wood.
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