New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-12


are ,oldered to The gold. THE solder is 81
eorroded by The acids Of ink, ard ccr'eqncntl
points are fu,e 10 come of, sooner OF later.
pens are reroirted lie points ere always SO"
on; consequently il il bad economy 10 repoin'
rens Exchange old gold pers for new one'
points Of which have been imbedded IN tne n'
gold, 70 as to become part Of il; they VIII
come of
Nobody Cnn Afford 10 Use Any ""'" ''
MortOn's,
Recapse Morton makes bis pens by mach''
rost of which ia patented and cannot be used oy
o.b., neomaker. He has $50, 600 worth OF mac
L,v employed in the production Of gold pens. D.!
moo oi this machinery, one dollars worth of
rols ont and hammers as NAVY pens I'D MS iacto
,b;r,v dollars worth of labor in any other, and
oil p.ns rolled on, by rolls, the adjustments OF
,re continually changed, are variable III density
spring. and their variations are increased by
hammering. Mortons pens are rolled out BY
cbinery, which, in the most unskilliul hands, ca
produce anything but the best and most equabI'
uniform work, and are hammered by han
which gives esch pen the came number OF blo'
precisely the same force, the hammer striking
exactly in the same way. So great importance
Mr.. Morton attach to the securing Of perfect
troll over the elasticity of the pen that he has
pended more than 81 600 for that purpose, on
machinery now used by him. Mr.. Morton has also
duced Of an expense of 10000 and upward
machinery which he now uses, in order to
certain that the points shall always be peri
psrallel. and that each side shal always have e
" the same amount of metal Of equal density.
these means he has entirely overcome the tend
of the gold pen to spntter
How Gold Pens arc Made.
The gold is melted in crucibe and east mi
go,s. These ingots are then paesed between b
rollers until they are rolled ont into strips about
times ,be thickness of the gold pen. Ou! of these
are then punched pieces called blanks, neatly sq
except little point on the middle Of one end.
side of this point lie then cut away so as to LEI
bed for the email particle of iridoemin which
form the point of the pen. This iridoemin, VIII
compound Of iridium and osmiuD, comes fron
Ural Mountains in Russia, and tho best OF !. is
1900 an ounce, or more than ten umes the val
cold. In Lariness it is inferior only 10 the
mond, whence the name diamond-pointed pen,
by NORTON. Br oTBrRs.
IT.. ,old Al IN, po,rt 10 Thee points stat b
bransbt 10 STAT. OF using the cold by solder. viii
when the irdosun point 'inis slowly og. surely eaten
into !, and bscem-s part AID ~ tLe tc1s OF tae ih'
parcel Of IL. the point oiopsou
Tbs blanks arc then pasred The blanks sre then p
.bronsh series Of pslea,s1 thtcusn one pair OF TO
rollips.miIls comprins for ps which requires res'
each Of the "A ses Az styles ine With every pressure
of his mems seres Of seven bspk THE u done by 81
,airs by which they are ing down ,he upper roll
trtsbsS cut to sboni three being done by hand re.
mes their original lei 9Th Accuracy impossib'" eu
These roijDs mills which regards elasiicky OF unit
e3nneled 10, ether and driven dsn.iy OF Nv hns oi
Nv steam power, sIe perma Only one pair o rolls
penlly sd a.ted so rs 10 stretch quirso-
out toe metal in such manner
a. to awe elasticity precisely
where and to the extent re- p"
qGired nsuTing ti the ssme
| .ime perfect uniformity. MI.t
| ins.min, Tho p.u when fsinr
Further 10 improve tho elias 9, all, !. hammered ''
| ticiiy of the peD Ar Merton lsmsn panishins ban
has Inverted aud secured 5y worked by the hand ND
several paierts tip hammer lpen Is bel s,'o"s s
&so driven by steam TO the Of curved surface" II
action Of which the pen is now more blow s 'fncs OF
su5iected. This STRIKING al lide than on the o'beh
ways with precisely the same be oioTs Niucs on on
force, counts its bl0ws should De IN TIE ieu'
and when it has struck any ha'der than those ON me
siy.n number stops of ia own The density the metl
accord: IL never eau make ne greser sid1. AZ
false blow OF strike ia the pen will have tendeu
wrong spot Ispinstef'
! Dies in punching machine now cut the pen
it's final form, the name is stamped on it, and
| then rounded into it's permanent, shape. The II
min point is now split by q thin revolving G.
jisc and eDe'y, and
| BY NotTog ny OTHERS,
the ,lit j. continued BY tho slt 10 confirmed .
very expeuvs and inrica.e Tiors drvc-s of hand lt
n.si hire " hch ate es 40 sy the rusy be readily Been
n eai entirely and ins1res i,s many unssenly alt pens
/ being made exactly in The cen.
ter OF the pen.
TIE points Of the pen which have been sepa
by the making of the slit, are now brought tog'
BY sIoRToS, BY OTHERS,
md the .t 1, perfectly closed with small jewellers
by ,bs single revolution OF q ruer worked by hand.
very powerful steam pTess, tb.
dies OF which press the sides Of
the pen with exactly equAl
foict.
The point is then ground into the proper slf
copper wheels or discs, with emery, and the Pc
finished by smoothing and polishing.
Who Makes the Rest Gold Pen.