Abstract
NEARLY all the books which have hitherto been written on the heat treatment of steels are the work of metallurgists. The interesting thing about the present work is that it has been written by a man engaged in the production of machinery and various steel components and tools in his workshops in Leicester. As he states, he has been forced to put into practical use all the recently introduced processes employed in the heat treatment of steel. Many other tool makers have been in the same position. It has, however, been left to Mr. Urquhart, not merely to make a study of the processes involved, but to write a book on them from a practical engineering view-point. In doing this he has rendered a service to his brother engineers which they will probably not be long in recognising, for he has written his book in language which is as free from technicalities as possible.
Steel Thermal Treatment.
By J. W. Urquhart Pp. xv + 336. (London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1922.) 35s. net.
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C., H. Steel Thermal Treatment . Nature 110, 837–838 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110837a0
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