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Scientific American, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1861) (1861)

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ered, by competent military of the above metals. Leaves as thin as those used for gild- the best but the cheapest_material for the purpose ; authorities, an improvement upon these. ing and silvering can be made of aluminum. Covered in- got molds of iron answer best for receiving aluminum in- but… … elastic, acquiring, at the same time, considerable rigidity, hundred pounds init, all made up into cartridges. and emits the sound of steel when suffered to fall upon a hard body. : Each tank is marked with the size of the gun or car- _ A property which aluminum manifests in a high degree iridges,…

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