 | William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1830 - 784 pages
...hammer. It becomes very brittle when its temperature approaches that of fusion, which is about 680° ; but at a temperature a little above 212°, and between...slowly cooled, its fracture exhibits a lamellar and crystalline texture. Zinc and Oxygen. — When zinc filings are put into water, and air carefully excluded,... | |
 | Charles Holtzapffel - 1843 - 496 pages
...usual state ; but, when drawn into wire, or rolled into plates, its density is augmented to 7, or 7'2. In its ordinary state at common temperatures, it is...early stages of its manufacture into sheet, foil, wire, &c., are stated to be conducted at a temperature somewhat above that of boiling water ; and it... | |
 | John Weale - 1850 - 590 pages
...usual state; but when drawn into wire, or rolled into plates, its density is augmented to 7 or 7"2. In its ordinary state, at common temperatures, it...exhibits a lamellar and prismatic crystalline texture. The pipes of the great organ in the town-hall at Birmingham, and in that of York cathedral, are made... | |
 | John Weale - Architecture - 1859 - 622 pages
...usual state; but when drawn iuto wire, or rolled into plates, its density is augmented to 7 or 7'2. In its ordinary state, at common temperatures, it...exhibits a lamellar and prismatic crystalline texture. The pipes of the great organ in the town-hall at Birmingham, and in that of York cathedral, are made... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Electrometallurgy - 1864 - 682 pages
...tough, and with difficulty broken by blows of the hammer. It becomes very brittle when its tempefature approaches that of fusion, which is about 773°; but...exhibits a lamellar and prismatic crystalline texture. ZINC, which is commercially known as "Spelter," although it is always brittle when cast, has of late... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Metal-work - 1874 - 718 pages
...7.2. In its ordinary state at common ternperatures it is tough, and with difficulty broken by blowa of the hammer. It becomes very brittle when its temperature...exhibits a lamellar and prismatic crystalline texture. ZINC, which is commercially known as "Spelter," although it is always brittle when cast, has of late... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Electroplating - 1878 - 720 pages
...rolled into plates, its density is augmented to 7 or 7.2. In its ordinary state at common ternperatures it is tough, and with difficulty broken by blows of...exhibits a lamellar and prismatic crystalline texture. Zixc, which is commercially known as "Spelter," although it is always brittle when cast, has of late... | |
 | Austin Thomas Byrne - Building - 1898 - 574 pages
...temperatures between 210° and 300" F. it is ductile and malleable, and may be rolled into sheets, and drawn into moderately fine wire, which, however, possesses but little tenacity. PROPEBTIES OF ZINC. Specific gravity 7.14 Weight per cubic foot, cast 428 Ibs. Melting-point, 780°... | |
 | Austin Thomas Byrne - 1910 - 628 pages
...temperatures between 210° and 300° F. it is ductile and malleable, and may be rolled into sheets, and drawn into moderately fine wire, which, however, possesses but little tenacity. PHOPERTIES OF ZINC. Specific gravity 7.14 Weight per cubic foot, cast 428 Ibs. Melting-point, 780°... | |
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In its ordinary state at common temperatures, it is tough, and with difficulty broken by blows of the hammer. It becomes very brittle when its temperature approaches that of fusion, which is about 773°; but at a temperature a little above 212°, and... 