Excerpt from The Manufacture of Iron and Steel Tubes The series of articles herewith presented in book form comprise a development of a Special course of lectures delivered by the author during the last session of the Birmingham Municipal Technical School. As a summary of the past efforts and achievements of inventors, based on their patent specifications, the author trusts that the work ill prove of some practical utility to manufacturers and others interested in iron and steel tubes. 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.