Frederick Overman (1810 1852) was a German-born engineer who
emigrated to Pennsylvania in the United States and worked in the
booming field of iron manufacturing. He wrote that his book, first
published in Philadelphia and then in London in 1850, was designed
to be of 'practical utility' to engineers working in the industry.
It includes 150 woodcuts to illustrate fully the many different
aspects of making iron. Overman covers every part of the process,
from the mining of iron ore to the variety of forges that were
used, and also includes a chapter about the related steel industry.
Today this historic engineering text sheds light on
nineteenth-century industrial processes on both sides of the
Atlantic during the height of Victorian innovation, making it
essential reading for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of this
period.
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