Lead-Smelting and shot-making was carried on at a spot a few miles to the eastward.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
The iron industry in England was suffering from the depletion of the island's wood supply, which was still depended upon for Smelting, and Virginia promised an unlimited supply.
"The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624"
Wesley Frank Craven
Thus, iron-masters used to think that the best way of Smelting iron in the blast-furnace was to blow the furnace with cold air; science, however, showed that, instead of being cold, the air sent into the furnace should be made as hot as possible.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons