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10 Of The Oldest Artifacts In The World - Listverse  Dec 28, 2014 ... We humans have a special kind of awe for the oldest examples of ... the St. Cuthbert Gospel (also known as the Stonyhurst Gospel or the ... The coin is made of electrum, a gold-silver alloy that is harder than gold alone. ... With the possible exception of the Zoomorphic Lion Man sculpture, it's also the oldest...
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Iron Age - Wikipedia  The Iron Age is an archaeological era, referring to a period of time in the prehistory and ... Meteoric iron has been used by humans since at least 3200 BC, but ancient iron ... In most parts of the world, its end is defined by the widespread adoption of ... The earliest known iron artifacts are nine small beads, dated to 3200 BC,...
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bronze: its history - Blagovest Bells  The oldest alloy known to human beings was a bronze made of copper and arsenic. People learned to make it about 3500 B.C. Gradually, people replaced the...
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Oldest Known Human Fossil Discovered | IFLScience  Mar 5, 2015 ... Oldest Known Human Fossil Discovered ... even though its age and location place it close to Australopithecus afarensis, Lucy's species. ... Here's What Happens When You Shine A Laser On The Blackest Material Ever Made.
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Oldest known human DNA reveals we're 'complete mongrels' | PBS ...  Dec 4, 2013 ... An analysis of the oldest known human genetic material found that a new ... It's kind of strange, this piece of DNA going around Europe and...
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Giving: Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences ...  Beryllium (Be) --, Steel gray, one of the lightest metals; used in high-speed ... Watch springs, X-ray tube windows, spark-free tools, and heat conducting ... Vanadium (V) --, Bright white metal that is soft and ductile with good structural strength; used in the .... Headlight reflectors, telephone relays, airplane spark plugs, catalytic...
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Pewter History | eBay  Pewter is a tin alloy - that is, any mix of metals containing at least 51% tin. ... Tin has been mined and used to make objects both decorative and utilitarian for over ... being hardened with additions of antimoney and copper, containing over 90% tin. ... Williamsburg Stieff Pewter Cup (set of 4) ... 4 Piece Pewter Tea Set Image...
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Babbitt Bearings - VintageMachinery.org Knowledge Base (Wiki)  Feb 2, 2011 ... Babbitt metal, also called white metal, is a soft, white non-ferrous alloy used to provide a bearing surface. It has properties that help reduce...
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Pewter - Wikipedia  Pewter is a malleable metal alloy, traditionally 8599% tin, with the remainder consisting of copper, antimony, bismuth and sometimes, less commonly today, lead. ... Skating Championships, award pewter medals to the fourth-place finishers.
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J! Archive - Show #6055, aired 2010-12-31  Around 3500 B.C. people were mixing copper & arsenic to make this; they soon found copper & tin worked better...
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Copper: An Ancient Metal - Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund ...  Nov 18, 2010 ... Native copper was likely used first, as it did not require any process to purify it. ... This alloy of copper with arsenic or tin is called bronze, and there is ... The availability of bronze led to more advanced tool and weapon making, and with ... and Middle Eastern Bronze Age people looking to buy or loot copper.
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of</b> Word and Phrase Origins.pdf  eventually became a symbol with little resemblance to the orig- inal object depicted. No one is ...... an alloy of metals or a combination of diverse elements, is of obscure origin ...... victims, arrant came to mean thorough, downright, or out-. 38 Arizona ..... ence fiction storyH. G. Wells's The World Set Free, written in 1914.
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The Aluminum Beverage Can - chymist.com  equivalent of one can per American per day, outstrips ... fact, manufacturers of aluminum cans exercise the .... robust enough to support the weight of an average adult is a tribute to ... book on the forming of sheet metal. Copyright ... amounts of magnesium, manganese, iron, silicon ... Because the alloy does not have the.
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Copper-Tin Alloys: The Bronzes - Total Materia  The important alloys of copper and tin from an industrial point of view are the ... part of it which deals with alloys of industrial importance is reproduced in Fig. 1.
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J! Archive - Show #3121, aired 1998-03-09  This sharp device associated with babies was used as personal ... Named for its inventor, Pinchbeck is a zinc-copper alloy used on metal to...
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ASL Pewter  Fine pewter is a tin based alloy consisting of at least 90% tin and one to ... enhancement to your pewter, and shows the piece has been lovingly used. ... The traditional molds were made from wood, stone, clay, sand, or metals like bronze or iron. ... a flat disc of pewter and, with the use of a lathe, making a bowl, plate, or cup.
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Pinchbeck (alloy) - Wikipedia  Pinchbeck is a form of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, mixed in proportions so that it closely ... The inventor allegedly made pinchbeck jewellery clearly labelled as such. Pinchbeck jewellery was used in places like stagecoaches where there was a risk of theft. Later dishonest jewellers ... See also[edit]. Prince's metal...
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Amalgam (chemistry) - Wikipedia  An amalgam is an alloy of mercury with another metal. Almost all metals can form amalgams with mercury, the notable exceptions being iron, platinum, tungsten, and tantalum. Silver-mercury amalgams are important in dentistry, and gold-mercury ... This article's lead section may not adequately summarize key points of its...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 --  Topix  In 1982 the Jarvik-7, the first permanent one of these, was implanted in patient Barney ... Something that turns out well "comes up smelling like" these flowers.
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Mar 17, 2012 ... This metal, aka quicksilver, becomes a solid at minus 40 degrees. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! Alex Trebek. Springfield, MO  #142767 Mar...
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Iron  The Repair of Wrought and Cast Ironwork (2009)  Sun Alliance House. Molesworth Street ... of the ironwork found in Ireland is over 100 years old ... It has an inferior resistance to corrosion so that mild steel ... Do make sure the right materials and repair techniques are used and that even.