Download or read book The History and Development of Stainless Steel and Stainless Iron (Classic Reprint) written by Mary Katharine Hickey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History and Development of Stainless Steel and Stainless Iron The first practical application of the material discovered by Mr. Brearley was made in 1914 when he persuaded the Cutlery Manager of Messrs. R. F. Mosley of Sheffield, England, to work some of the steel up into knives. For reasons not entirely obvious no application for a British patent was made by Mr. Brearley, but in August, 1915, a patent was obtained in Canada (canadian patent No. And in September, 1916, a patent was obtained in the United States (u. S. Patent No. Mr. Brearley also obtained two patents in France in 1917 (french patents Nos. And (1) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.