High-Speed and Carbon Tool Steels

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on high-speed and carbon tool steels. "High-Speed and Carbon Tool Steels" is highly recommended for those with an interest in the state of the steel manufacturing industry in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It also contains information that will be of utility to modern metal workers and would make for a valuable addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "Tool Steel for the Unites States Navy", "Relation of Price of Tool Steel to Manufacturing Costs", "The Influence of Heat on Hardened Tool Steels", "Development and Use of High-speed Steel", and "Hardening and Tempering of Steel". Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metal work. Originally published in 1914.