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Page 164
... metals , and it is more elastic than any metal except steel , and the most sonorous of all the metals . Copper in sheets is much used for covering the bottoms of ships , for boilers and other utensils : mixed with tin it forms bell - metal ...
... metals , and it is more elastic than any metal except steel , and the most sonorous of all the metals . Copper in sheets is much used for covering the bottoms of ships , for boilers and other utensils : mixed with tin it forms bell - metal ...
Page 296
... metal , blast and air furnaces , & c . ) will occupy a square surface of about 80 yards in each side , and will be capable , by casting in the afternoon and evening of each day , partly in large and partly in small pieces , of turning ...
... metal , blast and air furnaces , & c . ) will occupy a square surface of about 80 yards in each side , and will be capable , by casting in the afternoon and evening of each day , partly in large and partly in small pieces , of turning ...
Page 328
... metal of a bright yel- low colour , and the most ductile and mal- leable of all the metals . It is the heaviest metal except platina , being the most solid and the least porous : and not being liable to be injured by air , it is well ...
... metal of a bright yel- low colour , and the most ductile and mal- leable of all the metals . It is the heaviest metal except platina , being the most solid and the least porous : and not being liable to be injured by air , it is well ...
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