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Excerpt from The Immortal Light Ruskin. Myself I have already introduced; the other leaders of the expedition were Henry Belt, astronomer, William Norris, geologist, and David Esdaile, a metallurgist. The first two are already well known in connection with their explorations in the Arctic regions, having made three successful journeys there together; they therefore need no further introduction. Esdaile, however, is new to the world as an explorer, although well known in scientific circles as one of the most expert metallurgists Of the day, and the inventor Of the particular alloy of steel and tin known as Tynstele, which has the remark able property of retaining any desired heat from its own latent energy, He therefore merits a somewhat more lengthy introduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.