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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 6. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 21 19 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 14 10 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 6 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1 6 0 Browse Search
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain 6 4 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 4 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 4 0 Browse Search
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 4 4 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
oters, who assisted in placing him on the throne of Egypt, 650 B. C. Brass was known to the Greeks as orichalcum or mountain-bronze. Afterwards corrupted by the Romans into aurichalcum, from a supposition, derived from its color, that it had gold in its composition. Brasses (Composition of). Brass.Copper.Zinc.Tin.Nickel.Lead.Glass.Silver. German brass (common)11 Good yellow brass21 Brass wire21 Muntz's sheathing-metal32 Red brass, to be soldered83 Common brass31 Pinchbeck41 Revere's sheathing-metal (1830）955 Collins's red alloy for sheathing81 Collins's yellow alloy for sheathing108 Collins's white alloy for sheathing11616 Tough brass for engine work2033 Brass for heavy bearings3215 Pinchbeck41 Pinchbeck52 Tombac (Malay, tambaga, copper）1611 Red tombac88.811.2 Red tombac111 Rolled brass74.322.33.4 Tutenag503119 Brass gilding-metal (bronze color)161-1 1/4 Emerson's patent brass (English）168 Keller's statuary brass (Versailles）91.405.531.701.37 Chantrey
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
In China a kind of varnish was employed. He also speaks of a compound of pitch and glass. His father had invented the best method then used in England; it consisted of two thicknesses of extra planking, between which was tar and hair in two layers. This was cheap and effective. The adhesion of barnacles and sea-weeds was a minor consideration. Sheath′ing-met′al. The following are some of the alloys employed:— Muntz's, copper, 60; zinc, 1. Mushet's, copper, 100; zinc, 1/8. Revere's, copper, 95; zinc, 5. Wetherstedt's, copper, 90 to 97; antimony, 3 to 10. Collins's (red), copper, 8; zinc, 1. Collins's (yellow), copper, 10; zinc, 8. Collins's (white), copper, 1; zinc, 16; tin, 16. Pope's, lead, 1; zinc, 3; tin, 2. Cast and roll into sheets at about 200°. See alloy. Another alloy of Mushet's is composed of copper, 100 pounds; zinc, 0.5 ounce; tin, 0.5 ounce; antimony, 1 ounce; arsenic, 2. Or, the 100 pounds of copper may be alloyed with either one