Books with author Maud Petersham

Excerpt from The Story Book of Iron and SteelAt first iron and steel were very expensive because it took so long to get the iron from the ore. In Sparta iron was even used for money. Alexander the Great plundered iron as well as gold from India. Only six hundred years ago, iron pots and pans were classed among the royal jewels.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.