Shadrach

Shadrach
Shadrach Sha"drach, n. (Metal.) A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See --Dan. iii. 26, 27.) [1913 Webster]

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  • Shadrach Fox — was the ironmaster who preceded Abraham Darby at Coalbrookdale. Shadrach was probably the son of Captain Thomas Fox, who appears in the accounts of Philip Foley in 1669 as buying tough pig iron, [R. G. Schafer (ed.), A selection from the Records… …   Wikipedia

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