The Metallurgy of Lead Silver, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Metallurgy of Lead Silver, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Henry F. Collins and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Metallurgy of Lead Silver, Vol. 1 of 2 When silver is melted and cooled slowly, octahedral crystals can be obtained. When melted in the air it absorbs twenty-two times its volume of oxygen, which is, however, given off on solidification. This phenomenon called sprouting is peculiar to silver which is nearly pure, comparatively small quantities of copper or of lead destroying its property of sprouting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.