Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 787 pages) : illustrations |
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Book ; 568 |
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Book (Institute of Materials) ; 568
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Contents |
Contents -- Foreword -- The Royal Society -- Acknowledgements -- Acknowledgements for Illustrations -- Chapter 1: Metals and the Origins of the Royal Society -- Chapter 2: Metals and the Early Period of the Royal Society -- Chapter 3: Chemistry, Metallurgy and Materials Processing -- Chapter 4: Precious Metals -- the Platinum Group -- Chapter 5: Minting of Coinage -- Chapter 6: Non-Ferrous Extraction Metallurgy -- Chapter 7: Iron and Steel Production -- Chapter 8: Metallurgy and the Electrical Age -- Chapter 9: Engineers and Their Metallic Materials |
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Chapter 10: The Emergence of Physical MetallurgyChapter 11: Physical and Chemical Properties of Metals and Alloys -- Chapter 12: Advances in Techniques for the Study of Materials' Structures -- Chapter 13: Fundamentals of Elastic and Plastic Deformation -- Chapter 14: Metallurgical Challenges of Engineering Applications -- Chapter 15: Processing for Engineering Applications -- Chapter 16: Alloy Structure and Constitution -- Chapter 17: Non-Metallic Materials and the Royal Society -- Chapter 18: Metals and the Atomic Age |
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Chapter 19: The Royal Society and the Industrial RevolutionsBiographies of Fellows and Foreign Members -- Appendix 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) -- Appendix 2: Royal Society Awards -- Appendix 3: Bakerian Lectures -- Appendix 4: Nobel Prize Winners (Fellows and Foreign Members referred to in the Biographies Section) -- Appendix 5: Fellows of the Royal Society -- Presidents of British Institutes of Metallurgy and Materials |
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Appendix 6: Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society -- Recipients of Premier Awards of British Institutes of Metallurgy and MaterialsAppendix 7: Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society (referred to in the Biographies Section) Chronological List of Election Dates -- Appendix 8: Bibliography -- Name Index -- Academic and Industrial Index -- Subject Index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
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Subject |
Metallurgy -- England -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Metallurgy.
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Metallurgy
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Metallurgie.
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Royal Society.
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Royal Society (GB) -- Histoire.
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Métallurgie -- Angleterre (GB) -- Histoire.
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51.01 history of materials science.
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England
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Genre/Form |
History
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History (form)
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Harris, J. E. (John Edwin), 1932-
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Institute of Materials (London, England)
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ISBN |
9781907747175 |
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1907747176 |
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