Abstract
THE use of radiographic methods for the examination of welds and castings and for the detection of cavities, cracks and other flaws is rapidly increasing and there must be a considerable demand for an authoritative book dealing with the results so obtained. No one is better qualified than Mr. Pullin to write such an account and he has produced one which is full of interest and essentially practical. He has little to say as regards X-ray plant, a subject adequately treated elsewhere, but has confined himself to such questions as the preparation of the specimen and the interpretation of the radiographs. The book is very fully illustrated with photographs covering a range from simple welds to complicated castings, and alongside the radiographs are given illustrations of the actual flaws revealed by cutting up the specimens. In this way Mr. Pullin effectively demonstrates not only the potentialities but also the limitations of the method.
Engineering Radiography.
By V. E. Pullin. Pp. vii + 136. (London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1934.) 45s. net.
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[Short Notices]. Nature 134, 618 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134618c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/134618c0