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Excerpt from The Resistance of Steels to Abrasion by Sand
The object of this investigation was not to find a universal testing machine for all conditions of service, because the development of such a machine does not appear to be probable, but it was believed that closely controlled laboratory tests with a series of ferrous metals would be of value as a contribution to the general problem of the testing of the resistance of metals to abrasion. Wear may be divided into two ma] or types - wear caused by abra sion of metal on metal, and wear caused by abrasives on metal. The latter type only will be considered 111 this paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
