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Chapter XIX - Of the Invention of the Instruments for Working in Iron

Nestorian LiteratureSyriac ChristianityThe Bee

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OF THE INVENTION OF THE INSTRUMENTS FOR WORKING IN IRON3. SOME say that Cainan4 and Tubal-cain, who were of the family of Cain, were the first who invented the three tools of the art of working in iron, the anvil, hammer and tongs. The art of working in iron is the mother and begetter of all arts; as the head is to the body, so is it to all other crafts.