First edition first thousand McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY
239 WEST 39TH STREET, NEW YORK 6 BOUVERIE STREET, LONDON, B.C. 1912, 446 p.Author offers his book to those seeking selfinstruction in the metallography of iron and steel, their special needs having been carefully considered in the arrangement of the lessons; he offers it to teachers and students trusting that they will find it valuable and suggestive as a text-book; he offers it to manufacturers and users of iron and steel in the belief that he has given due weight to the practical side of the subject and has avoided discussions of illfounded or purely speculative theories; he offers it to the general reader interestedin the scientific or practical features of the metallography of iron and steel, as the language used should be readily understood by those lacking specialized knowledge of the subject; he offers it to experts in the hope that they will find it not entirely devoid of original thought, original treatment, and suggestiveness.
