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Metals in the Service of Man (Penguin science)
Metals in the Service of Man - Penguin science
Author: William Alexander, Arthur Street
This book describes the part played in human life, industry and civilization by metals as common as iron and as rare as praseodymium. The opening chapters discuss the distribution of the earth's crust and descriptions of the mining and smelting of metallic ores and of the blending to form alloys. Later chapters look at the properties and uses of...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140134162
ISBN-10: 0140134166
Publication Date: 7/25/1991
Pages: 336
Edition: New ed of 9 Revised
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
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