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Metals and the Royal Society
- Title
- Metals and the Royal Society / D.R.F. West and J.E. Harris.
- Author
- West, D. R. F. (David Richard Frederick)
- Publication
- London : IOM Communications, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | TN642.G7 W477 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxii, 787 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- Book ; 568
- Uniform Title
- Book (Institute of Materials (Great Britain)) ; 568.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- History (form)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 731-742) and indexes.
- Contents
- METALS AND THE ORIGINS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY: Man's use of metals -- Some early sources concerning the beginning of metallurgy -- Metallurgy in the 16th and 17th centuries -- The birth of chemistry -- The scientific revolution-other factors -- Instruments and the practical arts -- Role of classical and medieval science -- English puritanism and the scientific revolution -- Scientific letters-the role of the intelligencers -- The formation and growth of the royal society -- METALS AND THE EARLY PERIOD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY: Alchemy's influence on science -- Chemistry and metallurgy -- Microscopy -- Temperature measurement -- Physical and mechanical properties -- Makers of precision instruments -- Non-ferrous metals and alloys -- Ferrous metallurgy-production, treatment and properties -- Metallurgy and the industrial revolution -- CHEMISTRY, METALLURGY AND MATERIALS PROCESSING: Contributions of chemists to metallurgy -- Non-metallic high temperature processing-glasses, cements, ceramics -- Precious Metals - THE PLATINUM GROUP: Production and processing-early developments -- Percival Johnson and George Matthey -- Applications and other developments -- MINTING OF COINAGE: Metallurgy and mints -- NON-FERROUS EXTRACTION METALLURGY: Aluminum -- Nickel -- Copper and zinc -- Gold and silver -- Less common metals -- Electric furnace technology -- IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION: Ironmaking in the 19th century -- Steelmaking in the 19th century -- Ironmaking and steelmaking in the 20th century --
- METALLURGY AND THE ELECTRICAL AGE: Early discoveries in magnetism and electricity -- The electrical age -- Batteries and their development -- Electrometallurgical processing -- Faraday and the evolution of electric light -- Lighthouses -- Self excitation -- Electrical materials -- The development of the incandescent lamp -- Charles Parsons and the steam turbine -- Alternatives to the carbon-filament lamp -- Britain’s international position -- The Royal Society and electrical legislation -- ENGINEERS AND THEIR METALLIC MATERIALS: Metallurgy and 19th century engineering construction -- Mechanical testing equipment -- THE EMERGENCE OF PHYSICAL METALLURGY: Metallography and physical metallurgy -- Pyrometry and thermal analysis -- The development of physical metallurgy in the 20th century -- PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF METALS AND ALLOYS: What is a metal? -- Bonding of elements -- The metallic bond and metallic properties -- Alloy development-up to the mid-20th century -- Electrical and magnetic properties -- Thermal and other properties -- Diffusion -- Properties at high pressures -- Surface properties -- ADVANCES IN TECHNIQUES FOR THE STUDY OF MATERIALS' STRUCTURES: Crystallography -- X-ray diffraction -- Electron diffraction -- Electron microscopy and other developments in microscopy -- FUNDAMENTALS OF ELASTIC AND PLASTIC DEFORMATION: Elastic behavior -- Plastic deformation -- Dislocations -- The role of contemporary Fellows of the Royal Society -- METALLURGICAL CHALLENGES OF ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS: Creep deformation at high temperatures -- Fatigue and fracture -- Corrosion, oxidation and wear -- Nickel-based superalloys and other alloys for aircraft gas turbine engines -- PROCESSING FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS: Melting and casting technology -- Armament production -- Ingot production and mechanical working -- Joining -- Powder metallurgy --
- ALLOY STRUCTURE AND CONSTITUTION: Phase equilibria and phase diagrams -- Phase transformations and the heat treatment of steels -- Advances in fundamental understanding of metallic materials in the 20th century -- NON-METALLIC MATERIALS AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY: Semiconductors, liquid crystals and solid-state science -- Ceramics and solid-state science -- Carbon -- Polymers and rubbers -- Composites -- Retrospect and prospect -- METALS AND THE ATOMIC AGE: The atomic century -- The Manhattan project -- Metallurgy and the British post-war atom programme -- Harwell's metallurgy division -- Harwell's physics division -- Three FRSs and the evolution of the Magnox fuel element -- The Berkeley nuclear laboratories -- The move to AGRs-technical aspects -- Choice of reactor system-the big mistake -- Walter Marshall and the PWR -- The Royal Society and privatization -- Nuclear waste -- Reprocessing and the plutonium 'mountain' -- THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS: Scientific academies in the 18th century -- The 19th century -- Summing up the 19th century -- Britain's electrical industry to 1914 -- Britain's steel industry to 1914 -- Britain's failures during the second industrial revolution -- The Royal Society and education for industrial decline -- Three reforming FRSs -- 'The sciences are never at war' -- Scientific advice to the armed forces -- The royal society and the first world war -- The interwar period -- Britain's industries and the second world war -- Some causes of Britain's industrial decline -- Creativity, the royal society and the second world war -- From the second world war to the present.
- ISBN
- 1861250282
- 9781861250285
- OCLC
- ocm43340147
- 43340147
- SCSB-1123687
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library