 There was a considerable demand for this special brass among the workers of Birmingham, while large quantities of the zinc he made were exported.2 Two other companies — Roe and Co. of Macclesfield and Fenton and Copper Co. of Yorkshire — call for...  The English Brass & Copper Industries to 1800 - Page 153by Henry Hamilton - 1926 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 712 pages
...patent for mak. ing brass with zinc and copper, as I have been informed ; and his brass is said to be more malleable ; more beautiful, and of a colour more resembling gold than ordinary brass is. It is quite free from knots or hard places, arising from iron, to which other brass is subject;... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 710 pages
...patent for roak. ing brass with zinc and copper, as I have been informed ; and his brass is said to be more malleable ; more beautiful, and of a colour more resembling gold than ordinary brass is. It is quite free from knots or hard places, arising from iron, to which other brass is subject... | |
 | John Corry - 1816 - 488 pages
...Emerson is whiter and brighter than any other, either English or foreign ; and his brass is said to be more malleable, more beautiful, and of a colour more resembling gold than ordinary brass." The manufactory was at Hanharn, on the banks of the Avon, about two miles from Bristol. Of Mr. Champion,... | |
 | John Corry, John Evans - Bristol - 1816 - 490 pages
...Emerson is whiter and brighter than any other, either English or foreign ; and bis brass is said to be more malleable, more beautiful, and of a colour more resembling gold than ordinary brass." The manufactory was at Hanham, on the banks of the Avon, about two miles from Bristol. Of Mr. Champion,... | |
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