Excerpt from The Smith's Pocket Companion, Containing Useful Information and Tables on Iron and Steel, for the Use of Smiths and Steel Workers
Tensile and Crushing Strength; Fulcrum and Lever; Notes on Iron and Steel; Mensuration; Decimal Equivalents; Angle Ring; Alloys and Compositions; Tempering; Miscellaneous; Tables of Wages and Board
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