Magnetic weapons

Jens Nordlunde · 2nd March 2005, 12:25 PM

I always thought ingots were like the round one you show Gene, but after having read Ann’s article in Minerva Magazine No. 13, issue 4, 2002, I was wiser, ingots can be found in many shapes and sizes, the ones made in Merv weighted according to Ann’s article about 2 kg.
Gene how many different ingots do you have, and do they have the same weight?
Is there any writing or marking on them? I remember to have seen a picture of a round ingot with some writing on it.

Ann, do you know if the shape of the ingots was a kind of ‘trademark’ for a region?
Would the kind of clay used, ‘porcelain’ clay vs. other types of clay, have any influence on the ingot?
Maybe we should start another thread on ingots.
Somewhere I saw, that in one of al-Biruni’s (973-1048) books, I think it must be in Kitab al-Hind that he describes iron/iron production(?) in India. Do you know if it is in this book?

Jens

2nd March 2005, 12:25 PM	#12
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	I always thought ingots were like the round one you show Gene, but after having read Ann’s article in Minerva Magazine No. 13, issue 4, 2002, I was wiser, ingots can be found in many shapes and sizes, the ones made in Merv weighted according to Ann’s article about 2 kg. Gene how many different ingots do you have, and do they have the same weight? Is there any writing or marking on them? I remember to have seen a picture of a round ingot with some writing on it. Ann, do you know if the shape of the ingots was a kind of ‘trademark’ for a region? Would the kind of clay used, ‘porcelain’ clay vs. other types of clay, have any influence on the ingot? Maybe we should start another thread on ingots. Somewhere I saw, that in one of al-Biruni’s (973-1048) books, I think it must be in Kitab al-Hind that he describes iron/iron production(?) in India. Do you know if it is in this book? Jens