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THE study of the properties and constitution of metals and alloys has made great progress during the last few years, and has reached a point when it can no longer be neglected by engineers. Steel workers have already received some guidance from the labours of metallographists, chiefly, perhaps, from investigations on what Osmond called the “pathology of metals,” and the time may not be far distant when the microscope and the pyrometer will form part of the outfit required in the ordinary testing of materials. Metallography has been regularly taught for some time at many of the technical schools both in this country and in America, and it is remarkable that no text-book on the subject existed in the English language before the publication of the work under review. The researches on which Mr. Hiorns has based his book are scattered and highly specialised, and the acquirement of a general elementary knowledge of the subject has been a difficult matter for the student. The appearance of this book is, therefore, particularly well timed, and it will be eagerly read by many, who will not be disappointed by what they find.
Metallography: an Introduction to the Study of the Structure of Metals, chiefly by the Aid of the Microscope.
By Arthur H. Hiorns. Pp. xiv + 158; with ninety-six illustrations. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.) Price 6s.
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Metallography: an Introduction to the Study of the Structure of Metals, chiefly by the Aid of the Microscope . Nature 66, 415 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/066415a0
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