[TheForge] -time line Was--> Stupid comments

[Dave Brown]

At 23:30 04/29/02 -0500, you wrote:

> > >Ok when did hand crank blowers come in?
<snip>
>I remember someone posting a long time ago that the earliest patent for a
>crank blower
>was 1864. It was in the context of Civil War smithing. Hand crank blowers
>are post-Civil War
>and anytime prior than bellows are proper period. That is the gist of that
>discussion.
>
>Rob

This is what I understand also.

Dave B