smith · metalwork
Ask Prometheusa human who makes metal objects by heating metal and shaping it with a tool
Smith (noun) means: a human who makes metal objects by heating metal and shaping it with a tool. It emerges from human, metal, thermal, device: the human uses heat to alter metal and applies a tool to shape it, resulting in a new metal object. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 23, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- In 1893, Elihu Thomson used a self-designed forging hammer at his Lynn, Massachusetts lab to shape red-hot steel rails for early electric locomotives. engineering
- The blades of Damascene swords forged in 13th-century Aleppo retained sharp edges due to layered steel folded 32 times under charcoal-fired heat. history
- At Tōhoku University in 2017, researchers heated titanium alloy to 900°C and hammered it into turbine blades for jet engines. materials science
Emergence
through: the human uses heat to alter metal and applies a tool to shape it, resulting in a new metal object
- crafted metal object
- shaped through applied force and heat
- persisting composite structure
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (402 steps)
- smithL23
- humanL16
- peopleL6
- othersL2
- spaceL0
- timeL0
- patternL0
- differenceL1
- patternL0
- setsL3
- patternL0
- othersL2
- boundaryL2
- spaceL0
- differenceL1
- changeL1
- differenceL1
- persistL1
- distinctL3
- differenceL1
- othersL2
- entitiesL4
- interactingL4
- interactionL2
- touchL3
- groupsL5
- timeL0
- othersL2
- lifeL15
- peopleL6
- metalL13
- thermalL22
- deviceL5
- heatL21
- makeL4
- useL6
- objectL4
- shapeL3
- humanL16
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| is-a | human.person | is-a |
| enables | work.effort | enables |