Republic Heavy Steel Products

New York: Republic Steel Corporation 1948. (4to) 108pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, photographs, illustrations, diagrams, tables, charts, index. The front cover has a small white discoloration on the spine, the bottom of the spine and bottom back corner are lightly bumped. "The world as we know it today has been made possible to a great extent through through the physical properties, versatility and low cost of steel. During its widespread use over a period of hundreds of years it has become increasingly important in every phase of progress. In the past 75 years more than 2,000,000,000 tons of steel have been produced in the United States. More steel is being used today than at any time in history and the amount of steel in use per capita in all parts of the world is still increasing as new uses are found" - from the opening. Time Period. (Applied Science, Applied Science, Heavy Machinery, Manufacturing, Steel, Technology).