<p><strong>This vintage book contains a comprehensive treatise on the hardening, tempering, annealing, and case-hardening of various kinds of steel, including high-speed, high-carbon, alloy, and low carbon steels.<strong><p> <p><em>Heat-Treatment of Steel<em> is highly recommended for modern metal work enthusiasts and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature.<p> The contents include: <ol>- Hardening Carbon Steels<ol> <ol>- Heating the Steel for Hardening<ol> <ol>- Quenching and Tempering<ol> <ol>- Heat-Treatment of High-Speed Steel<ol> <ol>- Heat-Treatment of Alloy Steels<ol> <ol>- Heat-Treatment of Steel by the Electric Furnace<ol> <ol>- Metallic-Salt Bath Electric Furnace<ol> <ol>- Miscellaneous types of Electric Furnaces<ol> <br> <p>Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive.