This section is from the book "The Tinman's Manual And Builder's And Mechanic's Handbook", by Isaac Ridler Butt. Also available from Amazon: The Tinman's Manual And Builder's And Mechanic's Handbook.
Professor Hoffman, of the Prussian artillery, has made experiments with the view of obtaining a good statuary bronze, and recommends the alloys ranging between the two following admixtures: -1st. To produce the reddest bronze.
88.75 | |
11.25 | Copper Tin (3 atoms copper, 1 atom tin). |
100.00 |
2nd. To produce a cheap bronze, with a bright yellow color, almost golden.
935 | Copper Zinc (2 atoms copper, 1 atom zinc). |
6.5 | Copper Tin (3 atoms copper, 1 atom tin). |
100.0 |
 
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