This section is from the book "The English And American Mechanic", by B. Frank Van Cleve. Also available from Amazon: The English And American Mechanic.
Iron.................................................................................Borax.
Tinned Iron........................................................................Resin.
Copper and Brass....................................................Sal-ammoniac.
Zinc.................................................................Chloride of zinc.
Lead....................................................................Tallow of re
Lead and tin pipes..........................................Resin and sweet oil.
Sal-ammoniac, 1 part; borax, 10 parts. Pound together, and fuse until clear, and, when cool, reduce to powder.
Melt 4 lbs. copper: add, by degrees, 12 lbs. best Banca tin; 8 lbs. regulus of antimony, and 12 lbs. more of tin. After 4 or 5 lbs. tin have been added, reduce the heat to a dull red, then add the remainder of the metal as above.
This composition is termed hardening; for lining, take 1 lb. of this hardening, melt with it 2 lbs. Banca tin. which produces the lining metal for use. Hence, the proportions for lining metal are 4 lbs. of copper, 8 of regulus of antimony, and 96 of tin.
 
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