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Collecting Copper and Brass

Geoffrey Wills

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English
Read Books
04 November 2008
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: Fakes Cleaning

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Imprint:   Read Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 140mm,  Width: 12mm,  Spine: 216mm
Weight:   364g
ISBN:   9781443735544
ISBN 10:   144373554X
Pages:   168
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Audience:   General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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