In the Fall of 2010, we had many Alside window sets put in. When Spring came, we opened all but four of the windows 1/4 to 1/2 way. We never fully closed and locked the windows until late July/early August when the hurricane was due to come up the east coast.
Almost everybody in the Iron Age was involved in farm work and that goes for women and children, too. In order to prepare the land people used a special kind of plough, an ard, which was pulled by a couple of oxen. That was probably the men's part of the work. Very few people were actual artisans.
The Industrial Revolution could not have continued without coal and iron. Coal was needed to make steam engines run and to produce iron. At the beginning of the 18th century iron makers found a way to extract pure iron out of iron ore.They used coke, which was purer than coal and burned hotter, to melt the ore.he Industrial Revolution could not have continued without coal and iron. Coal was needed to make steam engines run and to produce iron. At the beginning of the 18th century iron makers found a way to extract pure iron out of iron ore. They used coke, which was purer than coal and burned hotter, to melt the ore.