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Pale Brass for Turning

Melt alloy presents a more agreeable appearance together 98 parts fine brass (see No. 3339), to the eve than brass when it is in a high and 2 parts lead. state of polish, yet the facility with which it tarnishes has rendered it necessary to color or spots and patches, the operation must be bronze it, especially in those instances where repeated until the desired effect is produced. its use exposes it to the liability of being frequently handled. The following receipts are from a reliable German source, and are said to possess a high degree of permanence. (See Nos. 3771, &c.)

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