Metals and the Royal Society /
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| Author / Creator: | West, D. R. F. (David Richard Frederick), 1926- |
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| Imprint: | London : IOM Communications, 1999. |
| Description: | xxii, 787 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Book ; 568 Book (Institute of Materials (London, England)) ; 568. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4216805 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Metals and the Origins of the Royal Society
- Ch. 2. Metals and the Early Period of the Royal Society
- Ch. 3. Chemistry, Metallurgy and Materials Processing
- Ch. 4. Precious Metals - the Platinum Group
- Ch. 5. Minting of Coinage
- Ch. 6. Non-Ferrous Extraction Metallurgy
- Ch. 7. Iron and Steel Production
- Ch. 8. Metallurgy and the Electrical Age
- Ch. 9. Engineers and Their Metallic Materials
- Ch. 10. The Emergence of Physical Metallurgy
- Ch. 11. Physical and Chemical Properties of Metals and Alloys
- Ch. 12. Advances in Techniques for the Study of Materials' Structures
- Ch. 13. Fundamentals of Elastic and Plastic Deformation
- Ch. 14. Metallurgical Challenges of Engineering Applications
- Ch. 15. Processing for Engineering Applications
- Ch. 16. Alloy Structure and Constitution
- Ch. 17. Non-Metallic Materials and the Royal Society
- Ch. 18. Metals and the Atomic Age
- Ch. 19. The Royal Society and the Industrial Revolutions
- App. 1. Some Aspects of the History of Metallurgical Education of University Rank in Great Britain, Relating to Fellows of the Royal Society (Up to mid-20th century)
- App. 2. Royal Society Awards
- App. 3. Bakerian Lectures
- App. 4. Nobel Prize Winners (Fellows and Foreign Members referred to in the Biographies Section)
- App. 5. Fellows of the Royal Society - Presidents of British Institutes of Metallurgy and Materials
- App. 6. Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society - Recipients of Premier Awards of British Institutes of Metallurgy and Materials
- App. 7. Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society (referred to in the Biographies Section) Chronological List of Election Dates
- App. 8. Bibliography.
