The first edition of this standard introduction was published in 1976, and reprinted in 1979; this new volume is a second edition, completed before the author's
The History of Metals in America chronicles the development of metals as both an industrial activity and a science. Progress involving structural metals made po
Gold. Copper. Iron. Metal working in Africa has been the subject of both popular lore and extensive archaeological investigation. In this volume, four leading a
Metals and their knowledge have have been important in historic as well as pre-historic ages. Many of the pre-historic artefacts are still a wonder to the moder