FEATHERY STEEL.

Cromwell Argus, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3472, 24 May 1937, Page 2

FEATHERY STEEL.

A new hfgh-tensil© steel, whose perfection after two years’ exhaustive experiments marks a new triumph for British research, is being talked about. It possesses twice the strength of other metal. It will not rust; and it is of a feathery lightness. One expert prophesies that within the next few years it will displace ordinary steel in important constructional engineei’iug works, just as the latter has in recent years ousted wrought iron. Bridges, built with this super-quality metal, will sweep majestically over rivers in single spans. If a vessel of 10,000 tons deadweight capacity, which has 2000 tons of ordinary steel in its hull, were now reconstructed with the new metal, it would not only be lighten and more economical to run but able to increase its cargo capacity by 300 tons.

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