The Journal of the Iron & Steel Institute: No. I, 1887 by Sir Bernhard Samuelson; George Allan; Prof W Chandler Roberts-Austen; Sir Lowthian Bell; etc - 1887

E & F N Spon, London, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark covers with gilt lettering on spine have wear to corners and spine-ends and lightly rubbed spine-joints. Paper split over rear internal hinge. Sound binding. Clean pages, slightly darkened at edges. Library plate on front end-paper and evidence of removed library pocket on inside front cover. Library stamps on inside rear cover and front and rear end-papers. Fold-out plates are clean and intact. Contents include: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting held in London on 26th May 1887; Notes on the Terni Steel Works, by Sir Bernhard Samuelson; On Patent Composite-Steel-and-Iron, by George Allan; On the Electro-Deposition of Iron, by Prof W Chandler Roberts-Austen; Notes on the Construction and Cost of Blast Furnaces in the Cleveland District in 1887, by Sir Bernhard Samuelson; New Markets for Iron, by Sir Lowthian Bell; Some Investigations as to the Effects of Different Methods of Treatment of Mild Steel in the Manufacture of Plates, by James Riley; The South Chicago Works of the North Chicago Rolling-Mill Company, by E C Potter; The Production of Silica from Cast Iron, by Thomas Turner; The Utilisation of Basic Slag for Agricultural Purposes, by Percy C Gilchrist; Basic Slag - Its Formation, Constitution, and Application, with Special Reference to the Crystals found therein, by J E Stead & C H Ridsdale; The Microscopical Structure of Iron and Steel, by H C Sorby; Use of the Magnetic Needle in Exploring for Iron Ore, by Bennett H Brough; Notes on the Progress of the Iron and Steel Industries. Fold-out plate showing: Results Obtained in using Large Ingots worked on Edges as well as Flat; Results Obtained in using Small Ingots worked on Edges as well as Flat; Comparison between Results of Reheating and of Soaking Ingots; Showing Comparison between Results of Hammering and of Cogging Ingots; Plan showing the Ground, Water-Courses for Motive Power, Railways, and Buildings belonging to the Terni Steel Works; Ground Plan of Terni Steel Works; The Gerard Turbine; North Chicago Rolling-Mill Company - South Chicago Works. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 02617053139..