<p><strong>This vintage book contains a comprehensive treatise on the hardening tempering annealing and case-hardening of various kinds of steel including high-speed high-carbon alloy and low carbon steels.</strong></p> <p><em>Heat-Treatment of Steel</em> is highly recommended for modern metal work enthusiasts and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature.</p>The contents include:<ol>- Hardening Carbon Steels</ol><ol>- Heating the Steel for Hardening</ol><ol>- Quenching and Tempering</ol><ol>- Heat-Treatment of High-Speed Steel</ol><ol>- Heat-Treatment of Alloy Steels</ol><ol>- Heat-Treatment of Steel by the Electric Furnace</ol><ol>- Metallic-Salt Bath Electric Furnace</ol><ol>- Miscellaneous types of Electric Furnaces</ol><br><p>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.</p>