Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-08-26

a tensile strength of 10000 pounds to
the square inch. A gun can be cast of
bronze that will weigh only
about half as much and yet be stronger
and carry heavier charge. For all
kinds OF firearms aluminium opens a
new era. A French commission recon-
mended the Government to throw away
all the guns it now possesses and re-
place them with others of aluminium
bronze, if It could be bought at So
pound. The Seymour process makes
it at 81 a pound.
1t is the ideal metal for pipes. 1t
will take the place of all others in
plumbing, and renders the indefinite
extension of communication by pneu-
matte tubes possible. As an electrical
conductor it is almost equal to copper,
and it will supplant both iron and cop
per wire in telegraphy and electric
lighting. AS material for steam
boilers, it enables us to carry higher
pressure at reduced cost and increased
safety, as it is a better conductor of
heat than iron, and stronger.
Having bulk and strength without
weight it is the ideal metal for every
requirement of architecture. All kinds
OF furniture and house fittings may be
made of it, which will have the luster
OF silver, yet never tarnish or grow
dim. Buildings may be erected to
which the iron and glass Crystal Palace
was but toy. There are possibilities
now undreamed of for it in architec-
ture, in dwelling-houses, public build
ings, ornamental structures. etc. We
may realize in sober earnest the dream
of silver city, the facades, roofs and
towers of the buildings glittering in
the undimmed brightness of aluminium.
AS it is very light, very strong, and
will not rust, it is eminently fitted for
all household and cooking utensils.
The black and grimy array of pots,
pans, and kettles will give way to the
brightness of aluminium. Food cooked
in it takes no taste from it, unlike
copper and tin, while it is stronger
than silver.
1t will make type that will wear ten
times as long as printing type now,
and not half as heavy. Being so light,
it will replace all wood type. Printers
chases, furniture, galleys and impos-
ing stones will be made of it, as well as
cases to hold type, which will be light
er than wooden ones, and indestruc-
tible.
Some of its alloys-and it alloys
with all metals-are the finest possible
anti-friction metals. Hence, all ma
chimes, of whatever kind, may be made
lighter, hence cheaper, and their speed
and power be largely increased. From
other alloys, knives, razors, axes,
swords, scythes, and all cutting imple-
ments may be made, which will re-
ceive and hold an edge finer than that
of the best Steel An experiment in
the postage stamp department of the
French Government showed chat 120,
600 blows wore out the steel cushion of
the stamp machine. A cushion OF
aluminium bronze was substituted, and
was unaffected after months of wear.
There can never be any monopoly OF
the crude ore, for all clays and shales
have from twenty to fifty per cent OF
aluminium. The only task now before
the world is to utilize this vast amount
of material. Aluminium has vaster pos
sibilties than iron, and will supplant
it in all the arts of life. The age OF
iron will be as completely superseded
as has been the stone age of primeval
man. Aluminium is the metal of the
immediate future.
The clay so far used is an ordinary
quality of kaolin, or white clay, such
as is used for common table ware. II
contains fifty-four per cent of alumni
mum, nine per cent. of silica (sand)
traces of iron, and the remainder of in.
ert earths. 1t can be made of ordinary
brick clay, but it is cheaper to obtain
kaolin for the metal is much easier re-
duced, and it contains greater pei
cent. of aluminium. Kaolin is very
abundant, and Ohio contains enough
to supply the world.
The Seymour process has been pat.
ented in all civilized countries. Ar
experimental plant was built at Find
lay, using natural gas for fuel, and ha'
proven the process a complete success
both in scientific and commercial
sense. This establishment is to be en-
larged to one hundred times its capaci
ty at once, and as rapidly as working
companies can be organized plants vii
be erected elsewhere. The paren
, company has been organized in Detroit
with paid-up capital of $1,000, 900
with the Secretary of State of Mich
gan, the general manager of the Film
4 Pere Marquette road, and other sub
stantial men in its directorate, - Toled
Blade.