Metallurgical design and industry : prehistory to the space age /: prehistory to the space age. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brett Kaufman, Clyde L. Briant, editors.
• Editors: Kaufman, Brett; Briant, C. L
• Contents: Anthropology of metallurgical design : a survey of metallurgical traditions from hominin evolution to the Industrial Revolution -- The beginnings of the use of iron and steel in heavy armour -- Transformative innovation in mining and metallurgy -- Structural materials : metallurgy of bridges -- Materials int he aircraft industry -- The development of clean steels for steam turbine applications : their demand and use.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 669.09; Metallurgy -- History; Metal-work, Prehistoric; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Metallurgy; Metallic Materials; Engineering Design; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films; Nuclear Energy; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; History of Technology; Metal-work, Prehistoric; Metallurgy; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319937557; 3319937553
• Related ISBNs: 9783319937540; 3319937545
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 26, 2018).; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.