DENTAL METALLURGY: MANUAL FOR STUDENTS AND DENTISTS. By A. B. Griffiths, Ph.D. Demy 8vo. Thirty-six Illustrations. 200 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.) Contents. Introduction -- Physical Properties of the Metals -- Action of Certain Agents on Metals -- Alloys -- Action of Oral Bacteria on Alloys -- Theory and Varieties of Blowpipes -- Fluxes -- Furnaces and Appliances -- Heat and Temperature -- Gold -- Mercury -- Silver -- Iron -- Copper -- Zinc -- Magnesium -- Cadmium -- Tin -- Lead -- Aluminium -- Antimony -- Bismuth -- Palladium -- Platinum -- Iridium -- Nickel -- Practical Work -- Weights and Measures. |