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A PONDEROUS volume, profusely illustrated, abounding in detail, probably the best yet published on the whole subject, yet a little disappointing, for, though necessarily to a large extent a compilation, it lacks more than need be that personal touch of the author in selection and presentation which the student so much appreciates. Such is the feeling left by a careful reading of the work. The subject is taken in four parts:—(1) the manufacture of steel; (2) reheating; (3) the mechanical treatment of steel; (4) finished steel. It inspires confidence that the author as a metallurgist has induced the well known metallurgical engineer, Mr. J. W. Hall, to write part iii., and to join with him in the chapter on reheating.
The Metallurgy of Steel.
By F. W. Harbord With a Section on the Mechanical Treatment of Steel by J. W. Hall, A.M.Inst.C.E. Pp. xxiv + 758. (London: Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd.) Price 25s. net.
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MCWILLIAM, A. The Metallurgy of Steel . Nature 70, 1–2 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/070001a0
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