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  2. Manilla (money) - Wikipedia

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    The Ibo tribe still used them prior to this and at Wukai a deep bowl of corn was considered equal to one large manilla and a cup-shaped receptacle filled with salt was worth one small manilla. [6] Although manillas were legal tender, they floated against British and French West African currencies and the palm-oil trading companies manipulated ...

  3. Commodity money - Wikipedia

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    This is the earliest form of Japanese currency. Commodity money is money whose value comes from a commodity of which it is made. Commodity money consists of objects having value or use in themselves (intrinsic value) as well as their value in buying goods. [1] This is in contrast to representative money, which has no intrinsic value but ...

  4. Cast iron - Wikipedia

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    Grey cast iron is characterised by its graphitic microstructure, which causes fractures of the material to have a grey appearance. It is the most commonly used cast iron and the most widely used cast material based on weight. Most cast irons have a chemical composition of 2.5–4.0% carbon, 1–3% silicon, and the remainder iron.

  5. Bessemer process - Wikipedia

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    Bessemer process. The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron. The oxidation also raises the temperature ...

  6. Metallism - Wikipedia

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    Metallism. Metallism is the economic principle that the value of money derives from the purchasing power of the commodity upon which it is based. The currency in a metallist monetary system may be made from the commodity itself (commodity money) or it may use tokens (such as national banknotes) redeemable in that commodity.

  7. Chemical coloring of metals - Wikipedia

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    Chemical coloring of metals is the process of changing the color of metal surfaces with different chemical solutions. The chemical coloring of metals can be split into three types: electroplating – coating the metal surface with another metal using electrolysis. patination – chemically reacting the metal surface to form a colored oxide or salt.

  8. Economy of the Han dynasty - Wikipedia

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    An Eastern Han (25–220 AD) golden belt hook, hammered and chiseled with designs of mythical animals and birds. The economy of the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) of ancient China experienced upward and downward movements in its economic cycle, periods of economic prosperity and decline. It is normally divided into three periods: Western Han ...

  9. Economic history of China before 1912 - Wikipedia

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    A salt or iron industrialist could employ over one thousand peasants to extract either liquid brine, sea salt, rock salt, or iron ore. [73] Advanced drilling techniques that allowed drilling up to 4800 feet/1440 metres were developed, allowing Chinese to extract salt and even natural gas for use in fuel and lighting. [citation needed]