# smith (metalwork)

a human who makes metal objects by heating metal and shaping it with a tool

- Computed level: L22 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: weight  ·  Arena: smith

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [human](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-human.person), [metal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-metal.element), [thermal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-thermal.heat), [device](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-device.tool), [heat](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-heat.thermal), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb), [use](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-use.application), [object](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-object.entity), [shape](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-shape.geometric)

**Through:** the human uses heat to alter metal and applies a tool to shape it, resulting in a new metal object

**Novel properties:**
- crafted metal object
- shaped through applied force and heat
- persisting composite structure

## 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)*

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