A Treatise of Iron and Steel, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from A Treatise of Iron and Steel, Vol. 2: Materials of EngineeringExamples of alloys are seen in gold and silver coins, in which the precious metals are hardened by alloying them with copper, to give them greater durability. Copper is too soft and tough to allow of its being conveniently worked, and it is therefore, for most purposes, alloyed with tin or zinc, and these alloys - bronze and brass - are, by varying the propor tions of the metals used, adapted to awide range of useful application. Alloys of copper and tin exhibit strikingly the fact noted above, that the alloy may have widely different properties from either constituent.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.