These are old publications by the Imperial Type Metal Co. but I have found them to be very useful in understanding more about how these alloys behave. The first one is called "Type Metal Explained" and can be found here: https://books.google.com/books?id=p6...lained&f=false
The second one, also by Imperial is called "Type Metal Alloys" and can be found at: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi...ypeMetalAlloys
I thought they were fascinating reads about this now-obsolete craft.