Excerpt from The Manufacture of Steel: Containing the Practice and Principles of Working and Making Steel; A Hand-Book for Blacksmiths and Workers in Steel and Iron, Wagon-Makers, Die-Sinkers, Cutlers, and Manufactures of Files and Hardware, of Steel and Iron, and for Men of Science and Art The manufacture of steel is unnecessarily shrouded in mystery, which has been the cause of its being not more generally in ap plication than it is at the present time. Steel is a superior metal for most purposes where metals are used, and its manufacture cannot be too much cultivated. A principal obstacle to its more general introduction is its high price; to effect a reduction in which, has been the aim of the author of this work. We compare favourably in most branches of manufacture, and indeed eclipse other nations, except in the manufacture of steel. 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.