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TO students who have ploughed through the weary sands of recent steel literature, Mr. Woodworth's book will appear somewhat in the nature of an oasis in the desert. The author does not appear to be versed in the “ites” of metallography, or fully to have grasped the allotropic theory of hardening, but, nevertheless, he does thoroughly understand tool-steel. Authors of papers on the restoration by heat treatment of faulty steel will hardly be prepared to acquiesce in a statement made by Mr. Woodworth on p. 18 of his book, namely,
Hardening, Tempering, Annealing, and Forging of Steel.
By Joseph V. Woodworth, Pp. 288. (Westminster: Constable and Co., Ltd.) Price 10s. net.
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ARNOLD, J. Hardening, Tempering, Annealing, and Forging of Steel . Nature 69, 124–125 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/069124a0
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