West, D. R. F. <br/><br/>
Metals and the Royal Society / 
D.R.F. West and J.E. Harris. 
 - London :  IOM Communications,  1999. 
 - xxii, 787 p. :  ill., ports ;  26 cm +  hbk 
<br/><br/> Institute of Materuals. Book 568. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Metals and the origins of the royal society -- Metals and the early period of the royal society -- Chemistry, metallurgy and materials processing -- Precious metals - The Platinum group -- Minting of Coinage -- Non-ferrous extraction metallurgy -- Iron and steel production -- Metallurgy and the electrical age -- Engineers and their metallic materials -- The emergence of physical metallurgy -- Physical and chemical properties of metals and alloys -- Advances in techniques for the study of materials' structures -- Fundamentals of elastic and plastic deformation -- Metallurgical challenges of engineering applications -- Processing for engineering applications -- Alloy structure and constitution -- Non-metallic materials and the royal society -- Metals and the atomic age -- The royal society and the industrial revolutions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1861250282 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Royal Society (Great Britain)--History.  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Metallurgy--History.--Great Britain
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>669