An Introduction To The Metallurgy Of Iron And Steel

Excerpt from Iron and Steel: An Introductory Text-Book for Engineers and Metallurgists In this small book an attempt is made to present in as short a manner as possible the more important principles of the metallurgy of iron and steel, and it is hoped that engineers and other users of these metals, as well as students of metallurgy, will find something of value in its pages. Practical details of the methods of production have been avoided almost entirely, in order that more attention may be devoted to such matters as an explanation of the constitution of steel and cast iron and the effect of mechanical and heat treatment on the properties of these alloys. The important subject of corrosion of steel and iron has been fully dealt with in a section specially contributed by Dr. Bengough, the editor of this series. The author wishes to tender his thanks to Mr. L. A. Gross, B.Sc., and Mr. J. L. Haughton, M.Sc., for some of the drawings and diagrams and for help in the preparation of the subject-matter, for which purpose the standard text-books, particularly Professor Turner's "Metallurgy of Iron" and Mr. F. W. Harbord's "Metallurgy of Steel," have been freely used as sources of information. Grateful acknowledgment is also made to The Daimler Company of Coventry, through Mr. T. W. Picken, for their kindness in supplying drawings of furnaces used in case-hardening and for the diagram and photograph of the malleable oven built by Messrs. Gibbons Bros., whose permission to make use of the diagram was readily given; to the Iron and Steel Institute for permission to reproduce the diagram of the blast furnace, and to Professor S. M. Dixon, M.A., M.Sc., for the diagram of the testing machine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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