Report of the United States Board appointed to test iron, steel and other metals. In two volumes
Government publications
2 volumes illustrations, plates, diagrams 24 cm
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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
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