The Encyclopedia of Founding

Twelve hundred entries from the golden age of cast metal — how bells are founded, why brass is not bronze, what a cupola melts and a core withstands — by Simpson Bolland, the trade's great teacher.

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Bronze

A mixed metal, consisting chiefly of copper with a small proportion of tin, and sometimes of other metals. It is used for casting statues, bells, guns, and numerous other articles, in all of which the ingredients are of varying proportions. For a description of the various bronzes, see ALUMINUM-BRONZE; PHOSPHOR-BRONZE; MANGANESE-BRONZE; STATUARY; BELLS; DEOXIDIZED BRONZE; VINEGAR-BRONZE; GUN-METAL, and other bronzes. Also, COPPER; TIN; ZINC; FONTAINEMOREAU'S BRONZES; JAPANESE BRONZE-WORK. Bronzing Liquids. See STAINS FOR METALS.

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