An Outline of Metallurgical Practice

Abstract

THIS work is intended to serve as a reference book for engineers and also to assist students who are approaching the study of metals without previous practical experience. The first object is excellently fulfilled, it being understood that the term metallurgy is used in a restricted sense, to cover only processes of extraction and refining, and that it isalmost entirely confined to American practice, although statistical tables of world production are included. Some previous knowledge is requiredof the reader, as many of the terms are not defined, and the 400 illustrations are not all self–explanatory. Thus there are several references to the Cottrell treater for dusts, but the fact that this is an electrostatic, device is not mentioned. The most valuable feature is the description, under each metal in succession, of typical plants and processes, with drawings and photographs. Unlike many text–books covering similar ground, some of which have passed through many editions, the book is not burdened with accounts of obsolete processes.

An Outline of Metallurgical Practice

By Prof. Carle R. Hayward. Second edition, Pp. xi + 690. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1941.) 38s. net.