Laboratory Notes On Practical Metallurgy

Author : Henry M. Howe
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ISBN 13 : 9781332496990
Total Pages : 158 pages
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Download or read book Metallurgical Laboratory Notes (Classic Reprint) written by Henry M. Howe and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Metallurgical Laboratory Notes Metallurgical laboratory instruction of the established type reproduces the industrial metallurgical processes, each as a whole, and with such fidelity to actual industrial practice as is attainable. This, which we may call "Applied Metallurgy," seems to me to have inherent and very grave faults. In its place I have tried to work out a system of what we may call "Theoretical" or better "Analytical Metallurgy," with the aim of teaching, not individual processes each as a whole, but the individual underlying principles, each by itself. This I have tried to do by means of a series of distinct experiments, each testing directly one or more of these principles. This little book represents the results of my attempt, which, if we leave out of consideration works on the kindred but really distinct subject of assaying, is, so far as I know, the first serious and systematic attempt in this direction. May it receive the indulgence to which such first attempts are entitled. Its limitations, especially its lack of balance, its devotion chiefly to certain branches of metallurgy, I feel only too keenly. But I have been confronted not only with a theory but with a condition, that of preparing, with very limited time and energy, some kind of a system for students present, commanding attention, and unable to await the completion of a well rounded work. I have therefore done what I could rather than what I would, preparing experiments upon those branches of metallurgy with which I happen to be familiar. I have endeavored to smooth away every obstacle, with the object not of saving the student trouble, but of enabling him to go farther with a given expenditure of energy, and of permitting me to divert his attention from the laborious details of manipulations to the unwelcome task of thinking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.