Lesson One Man-made Materials 1
Lesson Two Fire 17
Lesson Three The Influence of Metallurgy on Civilization 34
Lesson Four Metallurgy and Engineering 52
Lesson Five Lead——One of the Heaviest Metals 70
Lesson Six Iron and Iron Rust 87
Lesson Seven Cost of Corrosion 108
Lesson Eight Advantages and Limitations of Powder Metallurgical Methods 127
Lesson Nine Equilibrium 145
Lesson Ten Mechanical Working of Metals 165
Lesson Eleven Metals and Non-metals 183
Lesson Twelve From Rails to Needles 201
Vocabulary 226
Bibliography 254