Carnegie Library

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1927

Preface

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SIR ROBERT HADFIELD

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pleasure the suggestion Mr

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of
with much that
is

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as
McClelland contribute the following remarks preface

to
,

a
I

excellent bibliography invented many

on
the the material

I
throughout

as
years ago now known the world Manganese
,

Steel
.

has always my closely

It

as

as
follow

to
been custom
possible the literature subjects my
of

those which work lies

in

,
have found the practice great value
of
and fact started

In
I

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card indexing connection with the Research Department
in

my Company Works
of

and Laboratories Sheffield some

in
's

thirty five years ago and found the practice adopted and

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then
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of

continued since be the greatest possible service

to

ever
,

-
.
Manganese the alloy which
In

connection with Steel

,

I
am

discovered and invented glad find how

to
1882
in

,
I

thoroughly this bibliography records the numerous publications

dealing with this material
.

As the bibliography my first contribution on

is

seen
in

subject was presented papers

to

this 1888 two the

in

in

Its

Civil Engineers Manganese

of

Institution entitled
in
,

Application Metallurgy and Some Newly Discovered

to

Properties Iron and Manganese The very important dis

of

.”

place
to

cussion which took and which contributions were

,
by

famous metallurgists and engineers

of

made many some

—

away but many others still with

us

them alas passed showed

,

--
by

the remarkable interest aroused the new product These

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,
.