Learn over 450 facts about this fascinating technology: The History of Stainless Steel, available in both hard cover and soft cover. Limited-time special price

Online, July 6, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Stainless steel, once praised by Carl Zapffe as "the crowning achievement of metallurgy" is finally seen in its entirety through Harold M. Cobb's rich, multidimensional book "The History of Stainless Steel". The 340 page book contains 80+ illustrations and a 78 page timeline, making it the most inclusive history of this ground-breaking metal ever written and an excellent addition to the library of those involved in the steel industry, as well as historians, railroad enthusiasts, and anyone to whom the subject is of particular interest.
Among the fifteen chapters include those focused on Early Discoveries, The St. Louis Arch, The Chrysler Building, The Unified Numbering System (UNS) for Metals, and numerous others. Readers will find detailed information on the lives of Harry Brearley and Edward G. Budd, as well as a number of chapters on the various applications, both past and present, of this "miracle metal".

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