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Kara-Kane – Kustitien's Tinning Metal
Kara-Kane
The name given by the Japanese to their celebrated bronze mixtures for bells. See JAPANESE BRONZE-WORK.
Keep's Testing-machine
See TESTING-MACHINES.
Keim's Water-jacketed Cupola
See WATER-JACKETED CUPOLA.
Kustitien's Tinning Metal
Malleable iron 1 pound; heat to whiteness; add 5 ounces of antimony, and tin 24 pounds. See TINNING.