This vintage book contains a comprehensive treatise on the hardening, tempering, annealing, and case-hardening of various kinds of steel, including high-speed, high-carbon, alloy, and low carbon steels.

Heat-Treatment of Steel is highly recommended for modern metal work enthusiasts and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature.

- Hardening Carbon Steels

- Heating the Steel for Hardening

- Quenching and Tempering

- Heat-Treatment of High-Speed Steel

- Heat-Treatment of Alloy Steels

- Heat-Treatment of Steel by the Electric Furnace

- Metallic-Salt Bath Electric Furnace

- Miscellaneous types of Electric Furnaces

Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metal work.

Chapter I: Hardening Carbon Steels

Chapter II: Heating the Steel for Hardening

Chapter III: Quenching and Tempering

Chapter IV: Heat-Treatment of High-Speed Steel

Chapter V: Heat Treatment of Alloy Steels

Chapter VI: Heat-Treatment of Steel by the Electric Furnace

Chapter VII: Metallic-Salt Bath Electric Furnace

Chapter VII: Metallic-Salt Bath Electric Furnace

Chapter VIII: Miscellaneous Types of Electric Furnaces

Chapter IX: Miscellaneous Hardeing Methods

Chapter X: Casehardening

Chapter XI: New Casehardening Methods

Chapter XII: Heat-Treatment of Gears for Machine Tools

Chapter XIII: Testing the Hardness of Metals