Zinc For Coin And Brass

In Zinc for Coin and Brass Hailian Chen offers the first comprehensive history of Chinese zinc over the long eighteenth century. This book covers a wide range of topics including Qing China’s political economy, material culture, environment, technology, and society.

Place, space, and people -- Zinc: China's demand for a "useless" metal -- Entrepreneurs: the Qing state and merchants -- Mining policy, law, and practices -- Mining communities -- Zinc ores: calamine and blende -- Zinc mines -- Technology -- Output: Guizhou's global pre-eminence in zinc production -- Energy -- Transportation, and commercialization and consumption

This volume is the first comprehensive technical history of the production of zinc and brass. It describes the inception and technical development of the processes by which zinc and brass were made at various centres around the world, together with typical compositions of the resulting brasses. The essays show that technical developments were in fact continuous and consciously related from the ancient to the modern world. Continuing research and fieldwork into these subjects have resulted in important new information that is now incorporated in this completely revised edition.

Describes and gives instructions for lecture demonstrations covering acids and bases and liquids, solutions, and colloids

Metalsmithing can be a daunting task, especially to the beginner. This beautifully photographed, comprehensive guide provides crafters of all levels with a gentle, user-friendly approach to substantial metal jewelry-making skills. After reviewing the fundamentals of jewelry design, raw materials, and safety in the studio, readers are introduced to tools for cutting, drilling, forming, soldering, polishing, and more. Next, they will learn a variety of techniques including piercing, stamping, forging, annealing, oxidizing, casting, and even setting stones, enabling them to create 25 stunning and professional-looking projects. "

Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores. Silver and Gold - Part 1

This book provides an overview of the technical and commercial considerations regarding the viability of copper for engineering applications. Further, this work presents representative numerical data selected from the scientific literature as well as data collected from industrial sources from around the world.