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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Osmium

This metal was discovered by Tennant in 1803. It belongs to the class usually termed "noble," and occurs in association with platinum in the form of an alloy with iridium. It is the least fusible of all the metals, as the oxyhydrogen jet will volatilize, but not fuse it. This metal, like iridium, is extensively employed for tipping gold pens. See METALS.

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