Collecting Copper and Brass

Name: Collecting Copper and Brass
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ISBN: 9781406796513

ISBN-10: 1406796514

ISBN-13: 9781406796513

Edition: 2006

Authors: Geoffrey Wills

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This is a complete guide to collecting copper and brass, beginning with the composition and properties and how it is treated for manufacture. It includes descriptions of brass, bronze, ormulu, pinchbeck, Muntz's metal, gunmetal and bell metal, and how these are made into useful articles or ornaments. Copper and brass have been used during many centuries all over the world, and this book includes products in the metals from Europe, India and the Orient and Africa. There are notes on repairs and preservation and hints on collecting and display. The book describes a list ranging alphabetically from ale and spirit measures to wax jacks and weights and measures; it also discusses such things as…

Book details

List price: $26.45
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Read Books
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 164
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English