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How to Make Brass

This use- 3373. Red Brass for Turning. Melt ful alloy of copper and zinc is now generally together 65 parts copper, 33 parts zinc, 2 parts made by plunging the copper in slips into the lead. zinc melted in the usual manner. The former 3374. Red Brass for Wire. Melt together 72 parts copper and 28 parts zinc, properly annealed.

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