Report of the United States Board appointed to test iron, steel and other metals. In two volumes.
Title:
Report of the United States Board appointed to test iron, steel and other metals. In two volumes.
Author:
United States. Board for Testing Iron, Steel, and Other Metals.
Corporate Author:
Publication Information:
Washington : Gov't print. off., 1881.
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, plates, diagrams ; 24 cm
General Note:
Comprises reports of various committees appointed by the board.
Vol. I was first issued as House ex. doc. no. 98, 45th Cong., 2 sess.
"Memoir on the planing of metals, by Mr. Tresca, translated by C. F. Kroeh": vol. II, p. 617-685.
Language:
English
Contents:
I. Report of the board, June 8. 1878.--Report of the committees on chain-cables, malleable iron, reheating and rerolling wrought iron, giving the result of experiments ... and a comparison of chemical causes with physical results ... [2d ed.] Washington, 1878 [i.e. 1881].--II. Report on a preliminary investigation of the properties of the copper-zinc alloys, made under the direction of the Committee on metallic alloys ... Robert H. Thurston, chairman.--Records of tests of the copper-tin-zinc alloys, made under the direction of the Committee on metallic alloys ... Robert H. Thurston, chairman.--Report on the strength of iron girders and columns, made under the direction of the Committee on girders and columns ... Wm. Sooy Smith, chairman.--Results of tests and analyses of steels, made under the direction of the Committee on chemical research ... Alex. L. Holley, chairman.--Report on the tests of quality of steels for tools, made under the direction of the Committee on tool steels ... David Smith, chairman.
Format :
Book