Excerpt from The Corrosion of Iron and Steel The simple oxide theory - The acid theory - Calvert's experiments - The electrolytic theory of corrosion - The hydrogen per oxide theory - Experiments of Dunstan, Jowett, and Goulding - Criticism of the peroxide theory - The biological theory Summary. 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.