- Cort, Henry by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born 1740, in Lancaster; died May 23, 1800, in London. English metallurgist.Cort’s father was a mason. In 1783, Cort obtained a patent for his invention of a method for rolling commercial steel by using special rollers. In 1784 he perfected puddling—the process of converting pig iron into wrought iron. Puddling played a major role in ...
- Henry Cort by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born 1740, in Lancaster; died May 23, 1800, in London. English metallurgist.Cort’s father was a mason. In 1783, Cort obtained a patent for his invention of a method for rolling commercial steel by using special rollers. In 1784 he perfected puddling—the process of converting pig iron into wrought iron. Puddling played a major role in ...
- Cortez, Hernando by Macy Ball
See Cortés, Hernán...
- Montezuma II by Edward Morrison
1466--1520, Aztec emperor of Mexico (?1502--20). He was overthrown and killed by the Spanish conquistador Cort?s
- Tlaxcala by Lillian Cooper
... City (1990 pop. 50,486), capital of Tlaxcala state, E central Mexico. It is the site of the oldest Christian church in the Americas, founded (1521) by the Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés. Nearby is a famous Mexican shrine, the Santuario y Colegiata de Ocotlán.