Excerpt from Steel: A Manual for Steel-Users Twenty-seven years of active practice in the manufact ure of steel brought the author in daily contact with ques tions involving the manipulation of steel, its properties, and the results of any operations to which it was subjected. Blacksmiths, edge-tool makers, die-makers, machine builders, and engineers were continually asking questions whose answers involved study and experiment. During these years the Bessemer and the open-hearth processes were developed from infancy to ...
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Excerpt from Steel: A Manual for Steel-Users Twenty-seven years of active practice in the manufact ure of steel brought the author in daily contact with ques tions involving the manipulation of steel, its properties, and the results of any operations to which it was subjected. Blacksmiths, edge-tool makers, die-makers, machine builders, and engineers were continually asking questions whose answers involved study and experiment. During these years the Bessemer and the open-hearth processes were developed from infancy to their present enormous stature; and the shadows of these young giants, ever menacing to the expensive and fragile crucible, kept one in a constant state of watching, anxiety, and more study. The literature of steel has grown with the art; its books are no longer to be counted on the fingers, they are to be weighed in tons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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