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THAT this book has been found of practical value by users of steel is shown by the fact of a second edition being called for after three years. The author is particularly concerned with plain carbon steels ; and although alloy steels are discussed when necessary, he is at pains to show that by suitable heat treatment the simple carbon steels may be given a wider range of usefulness than is sometimes supposed. The value of the book is essentially practical, and many examples of applications in service, and also of service failures, are discussed in detail. Some of the minor applications of steel which have a metallurgical interest of their own, such as needles and instrument pivots, usually neglected in text-books, are included.
Steels for the User
By R. T. Rolfe. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Pp. xi + 356 + 42 plates. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1942.) 25s. net.
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Steels for the User. Nature 151, 600 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151600c0
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