The Forbes bar method has been modified and adapted to the problem of measuring the thermal conductivity of metals and alloys in the temperature range from 25°C to 1000°C. A mathematical analysis is presented which indicates the error involved by assuming plane isothermals in the sample. The electrical and thermal conductivities of commercial ``A'' nickel, inconel, several stainless steel alloys, and 1010 steel are reported, and the results are compared, qualitatively at least, with the theory presented by Wilson1 and Makinson.2
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