Ash burner
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ash-burner-193-3276252
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Ash burner
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The job of an ash burner or potash burner (Pottaschbrenner) was to burn wood for industrial purposes. From the ashes, the potash needed in dyeing, in soapmaking and in glassmaking could be made by leaching and boiling. Historically potash was also used as a fertiliser, in the manufacture of gunpowder and in the household as a detergent, bleach and baking aid. As forests increasingly dwindled and when, in the 12th century the cutting and burning of wood was limited or banned, ash burners collecte
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_burner
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2017-05-27T13:27:07Z
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