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Donald M. Levy

An early 20th-century metallurgist and lecturer, he wrote clearly about the science and industry behind copper smelting. His work brings together technical detail, industrial practice, and a practical teacher’s eye.

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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 technical work based on lectures delivered at the University of Birmingham and later expanded for publication. The book was published in the early 1900s and focuses on copper metallurgy, combining theory with observations from major smelting operations.

Available sources confirm him as a specialist writing for students and practitioners in metallurgy, but they do not provide many reliable personal biographical details. Because of that, it is safest to describe him as a metallurgical author and lecturer whose surviving reputation rests mainly on his contribution to industrial and scientific writing about copper smelting.