the book should serve as a valuable reference to those engaged in research in metal cutting or as a text in a gradute subject concerned with manufacturing engineering. the background material concerning the plastic flow and fracture of solid materials and the special behavior of surfaces contains many new ideas and should be of interest to a wider group af engineers than those engaged and produ…
In this book i have tried to discuss, as the history syllabus for new south Wales puts it, 'some of the movements in modern history that are particularly significant for Australian pupils.