Thomas County cat., 1886-08-26

the finest wrought steel They viii be
indestructible, for they will not rust.
The Brooklyn bridge will be trivial te
those it is possible to build of alumni.
UNI. The best wrought steel guns o1
Great Britain and Germany only reach
a tensile strength of 20, 600 pounds tic
the square inch. A gun can be casto1
aluminium bronze that will yeigh oaly
about half as auckland yet 6strongcl
and carry a heavier sharSG For AL
kinds of firearms alumi19m opens q
new era. A French commission recon-.
mended the Government to throw away
all the guns it now possesses aud re.
place them with others of aluminium
bronze, if it could be bought at Sc a
pound. The Seymour process makes
it at 81 a pound.
1t is the ideal metal for pipes. h
will take the place of all others ia
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 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 NAV be
made of it, which will have the luster
of silver, vet never tarnish or grow
dim. Buildings may be erected to
which the iron and glass Crystal Palace
was but a toy. There are possibilities
now undreamcd of for it in architec-
ture, in dwelling-houses, public build
ings, ornamental structures. etc. We
may realize in sober earnest the dream
of 4 silver city, the facades, roofs and
towers of the buildings giittering 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 i. 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
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,-
)01 blows wore out the steel cushion of
the stamp machine. A cushion of
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
The only task now before
the world is to utilize this vast amount
Of material. Aluminium has vastcr pos
than iron. and will supplant
t in all the arts of life. The age of
ron will be as completely superseded
Is has been the stone age of primeyaI
nan. Aluminium is the metal Of the
n".ediaie future.
The clay SO far used is an ordinary
quality of kaolin, or white clay, such
Is is used for common table ware. 1t
contains tifty-four per cent. of alumni
lum, nine per cent of silica (sand),
races of iron. and the remainder of in
,rt earths. 1t can be made of ordinary
brick clay, but it is cheaper to obtain
laolin for the metal is much easier re-
luced, and it contains greater per
cent. of aluminium. Kaolin is very
and Ohio contains enough
o supply the world.
The Seymour process has been pat
,nted in all civilized countries. An |
plant was built at Find
ay, using natural gas for fuel, and has
proven the process complete success. |
10Th in scientific and a commercial
ense. This establishment is to be en- !
arged to one hundred times its capaci-
Y at once, and as rapidly as working
companies can be organized plants will
'e erected elsewhere. The parent |
company has been organized in Detroit,
With paid-up capital of S2.500,000.
With the Secretary of State of Michi-
,an. the general manager of the Flint
( Pere Marquette road. and other SUBJ
tantial men in its Toledo
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