History of Metal Casting
The 19th Century 1809 Centrifugal casting is developed by A. G. Eckhardt of Soho, England. 1815 The cupola is introduced in the United States in Baltimore, MD. 1818 First cast steel produced by the crucible process in the at the Valley Forge Foundry. 1825 Aluminum, the most common metal in the earth's crust, is isolated. 1826 Seth Boyden of Newark, NJ, is the first to develop a process ...