The History of Stainless Steel

Introduction -- The Early Discoveries -- Discoveries of the Commercial Usefulness of Stainless Steel -- The Great Stainless Steel Symposium (1924) -- The Life of Harry Brearley (1871-1948) -- The Early Books and Papers on Stainless Steel (1917-1949) -- The Chrysler Building (1930) -- Edward G. Budd (1870-1946), Inventor and Entrepreneur -- The Gateway Arch -- History of Stainless Steel Melting and Refining -- Two New Classes of Stainless Steel -- Stainless Steel Applications -- Canada Restores a Fleet of Stainless Steel Railcars -- The Plummer Classification System of Trade Names -- The Unified Numbering System (UNS) for Metals and Alloys -- The Naming and Numbering of Stainless Steels -- Appendix 1. Stainless Steel Bibliography -- Appendix 2. Stainless Steel Timeline.