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German Silver for Rolling

Nickel and zinc, each 1 part; copper, 2 parts. very fine. Or: nickel, 25 parts; zinc, 20 parts; copper, 60 parts. Used for rolling. 3396. Το Give Brass Ornaments a 3347.) The receipts here given are from the Fine Color. Brass ornaments, when not highest authorities, or are the results of gilt or lacquered, may be cleansed, and a fine actual analysis of the finest commercial samcolor given to them, by two simple processes. ples. The first is to beat sal-ammoniac into a fine powder, then to moisten it with soft water, rubbing it on the ornaments, which must be afterwards rubbed dry with bran and whiting.

The second is to wash the brass work with roche alum boiled to a strong lye, in the proportion of 1 ounce to 1 pint; when dry, it must be rubbed with fine Tripoli. Either of these processes will give to brass the brilliancy of gold.