Non-Technical Chats on Iron and Steel (Classic Reprint): And Their Application to Modern Industry - Couverture souple

Spring, Laverne W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330176103 ISBN 13 : 9781330176108

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how raw materials and key processes built the iron and steel industries from ancient times to today.

This layman’s guide explains the evolution of iron and steel, focusing on the big ideas behind production, from early furnaces to modern methods. From materials to processes, the book frames the story in clear terms, with practical context and historical milestones. It also highlights the people, tools, and diagrams that helped shape this complex field, making a technical subject accessible.

• Explore the long arc of iron and steel history and how early innovations led to today’s industry
• Learn about essential inputs like ores, coke, and charcoal, and how they affect production
• See how major processes such as the blast furnace, Bessemer, open-hearth, and rolling shaped outcomes
• Understand how illustrations and referenced works support a practical, layperson-friendly view

Ideal for readers who enjoy industry history, technology basics, and the story behind everyday metals.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

It has long been a desire of the author to put into nontechnical form the interesting data here given. During several years spent in the service of one of the great steel companies of this country, first in the laboratories and afterward in the rolling mills, he acquired a love for the industry that is now of fairly long standing. Spending as much of his spare time then and since in visiting various parts of that mammoth plant and as many others as he was able, he has always felt that this extremely interesting subject could not fail to prove fascinating even to those who had previously known little of the manufacture of steel and steel products. Later work with gray and malleable cast irons and with cast steel enlarged the outlook and further urged his sharing these interesting things with others not so fortunately situated. Such an inspiration, if it may so be called, is the reason for the appearance of these articles. Practically as here reprinted, the first thirteen of them were published during 1915 and 1916 in serial form in the Valve World the house organ of Crane Company of Chicago, with which the writer for some time has been connected. The enthusiasm with which they were received has been very gratifying, while the scores of letters bearing favorable comment testify to the correctness of the judgment that the metallurgy of our most useful metal, iron, is of very general interest. It may be remarked by some that certain of the statements made in the book are not strictly accurate in that few details have been stated or exceptions made.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of hist

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330176103
• ISBN 13: 9781330176108
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 382
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