Excerpt from Alloys (Non-Ferrous) The object which the author had in View in the prepara tion of this book was to provide for students, and more particularly for makers and users of alloys, a brief account of some of the advances Which have recently been made in the study of Alloys. His object has not been in any sense to provide a complete account of what has been done, but rather to indicate the direction in which research is going ou, and to give to the maker and user of alloys such information as may be of practical utility, and which will enable him to clearly understand the current literature of the subject, and to see in what direction he must look for further developments that may be of use to him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.