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A Blacksmith and Silversmith are alike because, they both work with silver (of course Silversmiths work with it more) and they use the same methods to melting the silver or metal.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoA blacksmith mainly works heating and shaping iron. A silversmith works in shaping silver which most often worked cold. Or a silversmith may melt the silver and pour the molten silver into a form and file and polish the object to finish it.
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∙ 13y agoA silversmith in the truest sense of the word works only with silver a blacksmith with iron or steel.
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Colonial blacksmith job description?
In colonial America, a blacksmith was someone who froged iron into kettles, hinges, weather vanes, nails, axes, hoes, and many other products. The difference between a blacksmith and a silversmith, is that for one, a blacksmith uses iron, and a silversmith uses silver. Also, a blacksmith heats the metal before he shapes it, while a silversmith uses a variety of hammers to pound the room-temperature silver into tools.
What was Paul Revere profession?
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Goldsmiths are experts in making objects out of the metal "Gold", goldsmithing is a trade like silversmith or blacksmith.
What does the word Smith mean?
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A person who work on a anvil is called a?
That would be a smith. Most commonly, a blacksmith, who made things of iron and steel. It could also be a whitesmith (tin plated steel) a silversmith, goldsmith or coppersmith.
What kind of works did the pilgrims do?
The pilgrims had jobs like silversmith, baker, farmer, glassmaker, candlemaker, blacksmith, sewing, furniture making, fisher, and printer
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Some metalworking jobs are Boilermaker, Blacksmith, Machinist, Tinsmith, Silversmith, and a Millwright. See the link below for more complete information.
Who invented the Cherokee alphabet?
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Is gunsmithing a type of blacksmithing?
No. The use of the word "smith" in the case means a person who is making guns. The blacksmith works with iron, steel to make horsehoes, swords. A silversmith is a person who works with silver.
What jobs did apprentices learn in 1770?
An apprentice could learn: . to be a printer . to be a blacksmith . to be a silversmith . to be a soap maker . to be a doctor . to be a butcher . to be a carpenter . to be a cook there are others but those are the ones i know hope this helps somehow:)
