Metals and the Royal Society
eBook - ePub

Metals and the Royal Society

  1. 810 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Metals and the Royal Society

About this book

In this book two distinguished metallurgists have traced the role of metallurgical technology in the creation of the scientific revolution and the formation of the Royal Society.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781040294963
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Chemistry
Index
Chemistry

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. The Royal Society
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Acknowledgements for Illustrations
  11. Chapter 1: Metals and the Origins of the Royal Society
  12. Chapter 2: Metals and the Early Period of the Royal Society
  13. Chapter 3: Chemistry, Metallurgy and Materials Processing
  14. Chapter 4: Precious Metals - the Platinum Group
  15. Chapter 5: Minting of Coinage
  16. Chapter 6: Non-Ferrous Extraction Metallurgy
  17. Chapter 7: Iron and Steel Production
  18. Chapter 8: Metallurgy and the Electrical Age
  19. Chapter 9: Engineers and Their Metallic Materials
  20. Chapter 10: The Emergence of Physical Metallurgy
  21. Chapter 11: Physical and Chemical Properties of Metals and Alloys
  22. Chapter 12: Advances in Techniques for the Study of Materials' Structures
  23. Chapter 13: Fundamentals of Elastic and Plastic Deformation
  24. Chapter 14: Metallurgical Challenges of Engineering Applications
  25. Chapter 15: Processing for Engineering Applications
  26. Chapter 16: Alloy Structure and Constitution
  27. Chapter 17: Non-Metallic Materials and the Royal Society
  28. Chapter 18: Metals and the Atomic Age
  29. Chapter 19: The Royal Society and the Industrial Revolutions
  30. Biographies of Fellows and Foreign Members
  31. Appendix 1: Some Aspects of the History of Metallurgical Education of University Rank in Great Britain, Relating to Fellows of the Royal Society (Up to mid-20th century)
  32. Appendix 2: Royal Society Awards
  33. Appendix 3: Bakerian Lectures
  34. Appendix 4: Nobel Prize Winners (Fellows and Foreign Members referred to in the Biographies Section)
  35. Appendix 5: Fellows of the Royal Society - Presidents of British Institutes of Metallurgy and Materials
  36. Appendix 6: Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society - Recipients of Premier Awards of British Institutes of Metallurgy and Materials
  37. Appendix 7: Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society (referred to in the Biographies Section) Chronological List of Election Dates
  38. Appendix 8: Bibliography
  39. Name Index
  40. Academic and Industrial Index
  41. Subject Index