Definition of Harvey process
Har´vey proc´ess
1.
(Metal.)
A
process
of
hardening
the
face
of
steel
,
as
armor
plates
,
invented
by
Hayward
A
.
Harvey
of
New
Jersey
,
consisting
in
the
additional
carburizing
of
the
face
of
a
piece
of
low
carbon
steel
by
subjecting
it
to
the
action
of
carbon
under
long-continued
pressure
at
a
very
high
heat
,
and
then
to
a
violent
chilling
,
as
by
a
spray
of
cold
water
.
This
process
gives
an
armor
plate
a
thick
surface
of
extreme
hardness
supported
by
material
gradually
decreasing
in
hardness
to
the
unaltered
soft
steel
at
the
back
.
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