A NEW ALLOY.
MUt:i[ LIGHTER THAN CI'.A.SS. A.\'D STRONG AS STJEICL. A n.-iv and vah'.cbii: alloy railed lV.i'.iittniiu has discovered by Y/.:-k-.'is, Sons and ilaMim. It will l>e nii'-'i.'- ;;t iVrml'.iaha:!]. and «a:> to b-i [•'.. . d on the marks.", this munt!i. Ir. U slightly heavier than aiumi-isiv.'-t and as str::ii!r a» steel. Air 11. P.. WeeksT tlu> chief chemist of Ylrkers" .Works a.t ISanw, statjd r'.fi'.-idy that it) the coiu-sp of investiL'arr.ns tluy had found an alloy which toy !ii! : ovo.l to be superior to anything; of it- I ', kind liulic-i'io niaiiui'ac-tir-d, tli.ir Vickers' Company bad doc'drd to iVi::::«l:ii.'t:;ro it on a larf<c ■".-.\'\f and that the n:".v industry would b" 1 '" I down afc Birmiii'iiian) The n-:\v iiioi.d roidr! Tip rolled, d-.-.'w 'i -ramped, extended or forced at sii:t:;iiie ie;npera hire'!.' It ic.s Kss corrndable than other lip; aluminium alloy? under all the usual corrosive tests, and possessed such valuable properties tliat ViekerS;,, Sou and Maxim think there is bound to be a demand for it. Tt was only one-third th" .-.vc-jodit of brass. 'ike firm has protected this alloy by takintr out natents in all the countries of the world.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14328, 19 October 1910, Page 6
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192A NEW ALLOY. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14328, 19 October 1910, Page 6
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