This is a complete guide to collecting copper and brass, beginning
with the composition and properties and how it is treated for
manufacture. It includes descriptions of brass, bronze, ormulu,
pinchbeck, Muntz's metal, gunmetal and bell metal, and how these
are made into useful articles or ornaments. Copper and brass have
been used during many centuries all over the world, and this book
includes products in the metals from Europe, India and the Orient
and Africa. There are notes on repairs and preservation and hints
on collecting and display. The book describes a list ranging
alphabetically from ale and spirit measures to wax jacks and
weights and measures it also discusses such things as aquamaniles,
buttons, ormulu mounts and mortars, armory and much else. Contents
Include COPPER AND ITS ALLOYS: Mining and Manufacture Alloys,
Composition and Uses Countries in Which Copper Alloys Have Been
Used A DICTIONARY OF ARTICLES MADE FROM COPPER AND ITS ALLOYS:
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