The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-20
G lie Drmorrat-Sts,
ALUMIyUM.


N"s~""A ~ u Mines
Aluminium, the metal nl H..
lure, OF which 81 much Las IT.
said II The pasi lew DAYS. WA, 'vfl'
covered by Prof. Weller in 1S ems
according 10 The 81. Louiy cIT10
democrat. While seeking 10 saVoe'
IN his own mind The questions
To what were the component na. as
OF common clays, and while p",'S
Il mass of yellow mud al a Nhis
heat under HE blow pIpe. h. 'e
IDENTIFY obtained IA single MINI
globule or bead Of wharwasInn;
and the resi- Of the scientific wa,l
at that time, IA new metal. Snhao
quehlly, by various chemical lesl.
he proved the drop to be The nro
clous aluminium. He surely dtI
moi consider his discovery of rra "M
Importance, otherwise he wn"I
have given it more attention ,Lan
he did as il was. il appears lLo,
he ana not experiment with ,L'
aluminium idea in view again f',
something like eighteen wears IN
1916 he redisc0vered tim miy,ura
Of chloride OF aluminium and cnn,
mon salt. This time The metal
was obtained il quantities snG'
clenl for more extensive eyam;na
tons. 1t was found to be a wbile
metal, between The color Of yi,c
and silver, but with a more blnisI
tlnge than that found in the lasi
named metal.
It's specific gravitY is from 25to
2.6I, accUrilng to purify, thai of
The average grade being about d
ZINES heavier than water, II Is
four times as light as silver: in
other words, ii coin The SIZE Of n
silver dollar, made of alunipnm.
would weigh about the same as =
20 cent piece in silver. 1t has great
rlSldity and %tenacily, Is nearly as
hard as iron, but can be wrought
into wire As fire as a spiders web
after being thoroughly annealed.
BY being subjected to the gold.
Dealers an, a piece of aluminium
The S re OF a dime may lie beaten
into "A sheet several feel squire, SO
great Is lis %tenacltv. Only Two
metals known can he rolled into a
sheet a. thin as it can, and thew
are gold and silver. When il doe,
at last come into general use, and
the advent OF that event Will not
be retarded much by the man
whose death furnishes The text Tor
This article, it will be used for eve.
rythlng and put to every purpo e
TO which iron, steel and wood are
put. lis a~daptabililv TO ship.
building is very apparent.
Great steamships. The size IF The
greatest Cunards, with the same
tonnage and The same number of
'Xposed linear feet, if conslrucrel
If aluminium from keel 10 the top
If The masts, instead OF drawing
rom 1910 6 feet, would not draw
more than four or five. In The DAYS
If The future aluminitees deep wa
.er conventions will be useless as
.emblagrs.
1t holds Il polish the best Of any
METAL known, there being but lew
dement's that will cause i To larn.
III or turn black. Rust, too, is a
Iualily unknown 10 This wonderful
White metal. Boiling water will
iot aff Ct its lusire. winch is re-
claimed for an indefinite period in
ny qtmosph, re. 1t will Withstand
far greater mum brr OF acids than
old or silver will. Strong nitric
eli ravenously attacks silver, but
as no effect whatever upon alumni
um. Gold or platinum will be
IIinel if plunged into a bath of
llphnret of potassium OF melted
lire ; aluminium comes out bright
nd shiny, as il from abalh of pure
JlI water.