Excerpt from Handbook of Metallurgy, Vol. 1: Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold IT is a curious fact that there does not exist in the English language a single complete treatise on Metallurgy. There are a number of smaller text-books, mainly adapted to the use of students, which cover the entire field, but make no pretence of describing it with any thoroughness of detail; and there are a number of very admirable works dedicated to the metallurgy of individual metals. Had my respected teacher, the late Dr. John Percy, ever carried out his magnificent idea of a comprehensive series of volumes on this subject, the ideal of. An exhaustive work on Metallurgy would have been produced, although its bulk would have attained the formidable dimensions of a small library in itself - an advantage perhaps to the specialist, but a less commendable feature for those who have to deal with general Metallurgy. Such being the position of our literature of this subject, I venture to think that I am rendering the English metallurgist a distinct service in submitting to him a translation of the most recent and most exhaustive work on the subject in any language, from the pen of that eminent metallurgical authority, Dr. C. Schnabel, of Clausthal. 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.