The science of the Kelly gang's armour: distilling fact from fiction

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dc.contributor.authorThorogood, GJen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-05T07:19:09Zen_AU
dc.date.available2022-05-05T07:19:09Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2014-10-01en_AU
dc.date.statistics2022-04-04en_AU
dc.description.abstractStudying the composition of the metal of one of the Kelly gang's armour allowed researchers to determine what temperature it had been heated to. This provided an answer to the long-debated question of whether the armour had been made by a blacksmith or on a bush forge. As a charcoal fire and bellows used by a blacksmith can heat metal to over 1000 C, but a bushforge could only get the metal to cherry red, or about 750 C, the scientific distinction can be made. Nothing defines Ned Kelly and the Kelly gang more than their suits of armour. © 2014 CSIRO Publishing.en_AU
dc.identifier.booktitleNed Kelly: Under the Microscopeen_AU
dc.identifier.citationThorogood, G. J. (2014). The science of the Kelly gang's armour: distilling fact from fiction. In Cormick, C. (Ed.), Ned Kelly: Under the Microscope (pp. 131-144). Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. Retrieved from:https://www.publish.csiro.au/book/7287/en_AU
dc.identifier.editorsCormick, C.en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn978-1486301768en_AU
dc.identifier.pagination133-144en_AU
dc.identifier.placeofpublicationMelbourne, Australiaen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.publish.csiro.au/book/7287/en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/13124en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishingen_AU
dc.subjectArmoren_AU
dc.subjectMetallographyen_AU
dc.subjectX-ray diffractionen_AU
dc.subjectTransmission electron microscopyen_AU
dc.subjectMaterials testingen_AU
dc.subjectSteelsen_AU
dc.subjectX-ray fluorescence analysisen_AU
dc.subjectHistorical aspectsen_AU
dc.titleThe science of the Kelly gang's armour: distilling fact from fictionen_AU
dc.typeBook chapteren_AU
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