ROGERS, Samuel Baldwyn - Elementary Treatise on Iron Metallurgy

1858. ROGERS, Samuel Baldwyn. AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON IRON METALLURGY, up to the manufacture of puddle bars, built upon the atomic system of philosophy, the elements operated upon being estimated according to Dr. Wollaston's hydrogen scale of equivalents; comprising suggestions relative to important improvements in the manufacture of iron and steel, and the conduct of extensive iron works; with analytical tables of iron-making materials. London: Simpkin, Marshall,and Co. and The Mining Journal Office, 1858. Second edition. 20 plates, of which two are folding. Octavo. 22 cm. [2],xxviii,528 pp. Contemporary grey cloth binding, with title, decoration, author's name and incorrect publication date (1857) gilt-stamped to spine, and sides blocked in blind. Contemporary ink ownership, dated 1 May 1859, of John Simmons of Deepfield, Staffordshire, England, who managed the Ulster Iron Works at Saugerties, NY, where he developed double-puddling, hoop-making, and cold-rolling processes. Binding is lightly sunned on spine, with sides gently rubbed, but crisp overall. Text and plates are clean. Fine. .

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