Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-15
ENTERS
ALLL|FE'S PHASES
Even Household China Is
Composed 0ne-Fourth of
Popular Metal.

Aluminium Is q rookie" among wide
" used commercial metals, but 1t Is In
vading the field of such substances that
were in use before the birth of Christ,
according to bulletin from the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
| In its early days aluminium was so
scarce and expensive that it was called
silver of clay Today the United
| States, the largest producer of the
metal, refines more than 100000, 900
pounds annually" says the bulletin.
Chinaware One-FOurth Aluminium.
ITO the average housewife the word
| aluminium, perhaps, is synonymous with
shiny pots and pans, but even in her
home there may be other aluminium
manufactures. Perhaps aluminium shin
giles or corrugated strips Of aluminium
cover the roof; aluminium weather
strips, secured by aluminium nails or
screws, make the windows and doors
weather tight; the china on which she
serves her dinners is made OF kaoltn,
which is about one-fourth aluminium.
| The electric washer floor polisher and
vacuum cleaner have aluminium parts;
aluminium fittings form a part OF the
electric lighting system. Dads razor
contains some aluminium, his smoking
pipe stem has an aluminium sanitary
| device and mothers cold cream jar top
| is aluminium.
you may think you have lodged
aluminium, but aluminium salts or
aluminium manufactures are always
within mans eyeShot. One-twelfth OF
the earth's crust is aluminium, and since
the metal, In its native state, Is found
In nearly all clays and shales, aluminium
Is no doubt present in your front yard
and that of your neighbors, whether you
| live in China or Iceland.
Aluminium Vacation.
I'm the city aluminium cables carry
| electric current underground and over
head. A passing trolley car may have
an aluminium body. Builders use large
supplies of the metal because it will not
rust or corrode and may be fashioned
into decorative spandrels, corniceS, graf
ings, window sills and even steeples.
Fifty to one hundred tons of the metal
are used in single modern Office
| building.
plan your 1881 vacation and it will,
no doubt, be amid an array of alumni
mum products. If you travel by train,
the railway coach and many OF its FIX
lures may be aluminium. Perhaps the
engine cab, headlights, steam tubes ana
wires are aluminium.
Automobile Aluminium olive"
eff you must take water trip
aluminium will be a constant COM
panion. Aluminium hulls are manufac-
tured for small craft. Ocean liners often
carry such aluminium and aluminium
alloy parts as bulkheads and doors,
hand rails, life boats and davitS, venti-
1ator cowls, light fittings, gratings and
| floor plates. Down in the engine room
engineers keep the machinery lubri-
Gated with aluminium grease guns and
oil containers.
1.-The family car, too, Is apt to be q
hive of aluminium parts. It may have
an aluminium body. Look under the
hood and you may discover an alumni
mum alloy engine running on gasoline
from an aluminium tank, which is con-
nected with the engine by aluminium
/ tubing Under the floor boards you may
discover aluminium terminals on the
battery.
Popular in Aviation.
'Lightuess In weight has made alumni.
mum q favored metal among manufac.
tuners Of aviation supplies. A cubic foot
of aluminium is third the weight Of
q cubic foot Of structural steel. Some
manufacturers make nearly every part