亨利·科特和“黑人冶金学家”：论布尔斯特罗德历史叙述的准确性。

IF 0.5 3区哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Annals of Science Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-08 DOI:10.1080/00033790.2025.2495308

Oliver Jelf

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《历史与技术》杂志的编辑们宣称，他们“毫无保留地支持”珍妮·布尔斯特罗德的说法，即18世纪的炼铁大师亨利·科特从被奴役的“黑人冶金师”那里窃取了革命性的炼铁工艺。本文批判性地审视了他们对她的理论的辩护，特别关注糖和铁生产之间的联系，Bulstrode认为糖和铁生产是牙买加该过程发展的重要催化剂。通过深入探索与布尔斯特罗德的说法有关的历史背景、技术细节和主要来源，本研究表明，她的说法既不准确，也从根本上不可信。

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Henry Cort and the 'Black metallurgists': on the accuracy of Bulstrode's historical account.

The editors of History and Technology have declared their 'unreserved support' for Jenny Bulstrode's claim that eighteenth-century ironmaster Henry Cort stole his revolutionary iron-rolling process from enslaved 'Black metallurgists'. This paper critically examines their defence of her theory, with a particular focus on connections between sugar and iron production that are presented by Bulstrode as an essential catalyst for the supposed development of the process in Jamaica. By exploring in depth the historical context, technological details, and primary sources relating to Bulstrode's claim, this study demonstrates that her account remains both inaccurate and fundamentally implausible.

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Annals of Science 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学

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