 | Claude-Louis Berthollet - 1804 - 536 pages
...is thus that the alloy, for the knowledge of which we are indebted to Darcet, and which is composed of eight parts of bismuth, five of lead, and three of tin, acquires such a fusibility that it becomes liquid at a temperature below that of boiling water : this... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1807 - 572 pages
...a solution of this metal in the nitric acid ; and of the anatomical injections composed of an alloy of eight parts of Bismuth, five of lead, and three of tin. Some of the beautiful metallic ramifications of the- pulmonary vessels, preserved in the German cabinets,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 726 pages
...more equally effected by sand, or what is still better, in hot oil, or fusible mixture, consisting of eight parts of bismuth, five of lead, and three of tin. A thermometer being placed in the liquid at the time the razors are immersed for the purpose of indicating... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 pages
...be more equally effected by sand, or what is still hotter, in hot oil, or fusible mixture consisting of eight parts of bismuth, five of lead, and three of tin. A thermometer being placed in the liquid at the time the razors are immersed for the purpose of indicating... | |
 | Thomas Martin (civil engineer.) - 1813 - 714 pages
...be more equally effected by sand, or what is still better in hot oil, or fusible mixture, consisting of eight parts of bismuth, five of lead, and three of tin ; a thermometer beiug placed in the liquid at the time the razors are immersed, for the purpose of... | |
 | 1818 - 578 pages
...lead. It is easily extended into leaves^ and melts more readily than any of the metals, A composition of eight parts of bismuth, five of lead, and three of tin, will melt in boiling water. When tin is made pretty hot, it will break with a blow. In the ore, tin... | |
 | 1821 - 438 pages
...objections to its ever becoming of any practical utility. — /;'<//. Sal. " This alloy is composed of eight parts of bismuth, five of lead, and three of tin, and its property of fusing; at the boiling point of water is well known. M. Gassicourt has produced... | |
 | William Henry - 1819 - 500 pages
...them compounds of remarkable fusibility. One of these is Sir Isaac Newton's fusible metal. It consists of eight parts of bismuth, five of lead, and three of tin. When thrown into water, it melts before it is heated to the boiling point. It is from this property... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 424 pages
...more equally effected by sand, or what is still better, in hot oil, or fusible mixture, consisting of eight parts of bismuth, five of lead, and three of tin ; a thermometer being placed in the liquid at the time the razors are immersed, for the purpose of... | |
 | 1821 - 530 pages
...216.98 Potash 31.579 100. 5. Metallographical Application of fusible Metal. — This alloy is composed of eight parts of bismuth, five of lead and three of tin, and its property of fusing at the boiling point of water is well known. M. Gassicourt has proposed... | |
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... the carding will prevent the metal from running away, and in a few minutes it will cool and take the impression, without the slightest injury to the paper from which it was taken. 
