Meanwhile, manganese steel should still be used to make weapons.
Joseph vaguely remembers that the material of later cannon barrels seems to be manganese steel.
Before the steelmaking in a converter is resolved, we can only try using crucible steelmaking technology, plus refining with a reverberatory furnace, to produce a small amount of alloy steel.
The output will certainly be very small, but if it's only used to meet the demand for Steam Engine pipes and cannon barrels, it should barely suffice.
At most, it's just that the cost will be very high. Many times, military products cannot take price into consideration.
After instructing Wandell on the alloy steel experiment and repeatedly emphasizing the need for secrecy, Joseph rushed back to Paris — ten days later is the day this year's Supreme Louis Award winners will be announced, and he needs to return to present the award.
