Heat-Treatment of Steel: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Hardening, Tempering, Annealing and Casehardening of Various Kinds of Steel, Including ... Furnaces and on Hardness Testing

This vintage book contains a comprehensive treatise on the hardening, tempering, annealing, and case-hardening of various kinds of steel, including high-speed, high-carbon, alloy, and low carbon steels. Heat-Treatment of Steel is highly recommended for modern metal work enthusiasts and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: Hardening Carbon Steels , Heating the Steel for Hardening , Quenching and Tempering , Heat-Treatment of High-Speed Steel , Heat-Treatment of Alloy Steels , Heat-Treatment of Steel by the Electric Furnace , Metallic-Salt Bath Electric Furnace , Miscellaneous types of Electric Furnaces , et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metal work.