Machining - Theory and Practice: A Series of Thirteen Educational Lectures on Machining - Theory and Practice Presented to Members of the A. S. M. During the Thirty-First National Metal Congress and Exposition, Cleveland

Presumed first edition. Ex-library, but only indicators are a Dearborn Motors Library stamp on title page and last page of text, a small notation on contents page, and a smaller notation and barely visible pocket remains on rear pastedown. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Binding is tight, clean, and unmarked, with sun-faded spine and very light fraying to top spine end. No markings, stains, or tears to text. 504 pages, well-illustrated with b&w photos, charts, graphs. A few chapter titles: Metal Cutting: Art to Science; Metal Cutting Research - Theory and Application; Cutting Fluid Theory; Metallurgy and Machinability of Steels; Tool Steels; Cemented Carbide Tool Materials; Tool Life Testing; Evaluation and Machinability of Rolled Steels, Forgings and Cast Irons.