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Donald M. Levy

A metallurgist and lecturer whose work turned complex industrial practice into clear teaching, he is best known for a detailed early-20th-century study of copper production. His writing blends technical knowledge with a practical interest in how smelting was actually done in major works of the day.

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Modern Copper Smelting being lectures delivered at Birmingham University, greatly extended and adapted and with and introduction on the history, uses and properties of copper.

Modern Copper Smelting being lectures delivered at Birmingham University, greatly extended and adapted and with and introduction on the history, uses and properties of copper.

by Donald M. Levy

About the author

Donald M. Levy is known for Modern Copper Smelting, a book based on lectures he delivered at the University of Birmingham and published in 1912. The work grew from teaching for senior students in metallurgy and expanded into a full study of copper smelting methods, with attention to both the history of copper and the industrial processes used in his time.

Available editions describe him as holding an M.Sc. and being an Associate of the Royal School of Mines. The book's framing suggests a writer who wanted technical subjects to be useful and readable for students as well as practitioners, combining classroom material with examples from major copper-smelting operations.

Reliable biographical detail beyond his professional identity is limited in the sources reviewed here, so it is safest to remember him chiefly as an early 20th-century metallurgy author and teacher whose work helped document copper-smelting practice for a wider audience.