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JOURNAL PRACTICAL INFORMATION, AnT, SCIENCE, MECHANICS, CHE�nSTRY, A WEEKLY OF AND UAXUFACTUHES Vol. XIX.---�o. 11.1 8:� lu'r ..t, nn uP.l. i:,EW �ElaEs.l f N J.; W y U I{ l\, S I<;PT EMBER 9, 1868. ) LIN ADVAXCE.l .. -:==============;========================AND is little doubt that wherever mentioned Imp"ovcd V..rtlcul '1'rll' lIammcr. COPPER BRASS WORKING.···rHE ANSONIA WORKS tbron:rhont the Scriptures, The old fashioned leYE'r trip hamu](;r, the u�e of which is copper rather than brass is meant. A1t!vlHcrll t.he bF.yond the memory of the "ol,lest inhabitant." is 'fhe of proficiency ttain d in working of metals Lat.in word is commonly translated brass, it is heing degree a e a'S ftnt.eJ that oc�npying f�\r fitly chosen to serYe as a criterion in ddermining the of all the \:nperspdcd by oirect at.roke hammer;:, lc�s �eelJ)S specimens of ancient objects made from tl:is m�lt" �f.'ace and per!orming their work much more satisfactorily. of advancement in civili7.'1tion of any age or nation. rial yet found, Hnalyst's have foiler] to di,cover zinc, �!I'adc a t.rlte) of s kllown that tbe orclinary tnp does not a Favored by fortuitous circum,tallee the burn the composition being nearly uniformly [t i w(·11 doli\'(:r wnlC such as copper all,llin. The �'ln,;re blow (·xccpt on thin of work, and that its va- ing the foro"ts, the existence and moJe of reducing employment of th s alloy the lbmans a pieCe of i by w:'.s v·.·ry ge'loml, is c(,nlin('d, mainly, to i nu n the the more fu.�i"le metals would revealed to the dullest coins, vasl)�, cu i utensil$l, �-iatioll of �tTflke a d mi tio in be 1 nary OrnanH.'llt�, aTtn::. (i! \"I!; t,:u'""l, an;l nltlllh,'r luinute, ruther tl.an to the amount of f,'ree comprehemion, and is evident that no great amount of skill musIcal instrumentd all being formed �llilr, I'er ex- it fl'om it .. >'ft'::t fJrted so that for light work a light ham cd, iugenuit.y would then be requisite I'nable the 8avage to attention was given to investigating the propcnic, fotn,ly ; mer must be u� 01' to and an The halllm�r is the master·piece of faohion Jew trinkets the rude�t implemeuts. Metallur ing the hest combining proportirms of th8 r.lhyin'! d 'Vice'VerM. ,tl·um I a 01' I.""t.nl�. mprov d ,troko The alloys of copper in variety and indmt';al i e dead IHun- valuo, are for IH'avy but perhaps the mo,t intere!'ting of any that mel'S work, it ace \1'011;0<1. 'l'be rm is expcnsi\-e ano. not nppli te bra�s is of somewhat broad significan�,'. incll1iinif n"�rlv cable genewl WQTk. all the alloys of coppt'r; but in its COlll"'''ll ac·;:'/)tat.i(, 1 to Be lllOSt ; style nd for tween thi,; an:! the old a th<3 generality of pUl'[lO::es, the alloy hemin;; Iho halwllcr there name consists of two ports cOpp<'1' one tl'ip arB SE\'· to of �in�, but lhe pro, eml other devices which, portions of these ingredients used in th(,arls are cx.:",�j:,,!.,]y shating in advautag"" yaJiou�, being altered to suit color and other prorcrtir� thl' of to III" tlll� great st(�aU! IHUll'l1l'l', purpose for which the alloy is intended. DonLling th,) 'lln"t111t pos,ess all tIle Ulerits of Slwltcr to copper, we obtain a gol(1 col,)r··<1 0' tl'l' ' ka�:', Y:niilh'iI' trip with SOII},e mark,'d dl'sianated as Dutch Uold, in e sn Pr c '" :\fetal, T()mhac, ,n:,1 Pine]'\, the p('liorilies. The one show II; beck, lattpr alloy having been made histol'ical 1h'r1:t"!' accompanymg oins made from it were forced unon the in the pn c Amcl'ic.\ll C.:l,w,;"" a� gw.vings depends for tIll' a circulating' medium. thereby raising the ri!!;hteous indi�Ud the tion of the Revolutionary Fathers, and I.-nce of UOIY wlwJ:y up f"llniw: OLe of the on grHvitation-the grievances demanding redress from Wl'ig'\IL the �I"tllfd' (',m)]tl \'. of the hammer-yet it may A curie us fact connl'ctpd with making lJ,',:-s ;� th'lt' long overned as to strike before "inc was known as its metallic J-,p H) g such, in !"Hrl, tho lira,> much lighter blow than tice as universal of cementing grunulated cop r i'.!1 �. w pe " ,,:\1- to al weight would de cined calamine and c coal in crucibles expoB,'d to its t har , a 1;;.; lIl!t. liver. heat. As a Iesult., the zinc was liberated flOm ita oxid(' "�,,,I The n mer ond actuat united with the copper, without becomin!! vj;;ilJlp, .1;" h m as n metul. ing machinery is mounted tinct The alloy found in I limpH ut th.., bvrtom of t]oo upon a sui ab e upright cr�cibles was remelted and finally cast. lak"t t l EYen tho eui frame of wood, or iron, the tion of WE'bster's. Dlctignaryorecognizes only t.'plimitiY,' ham mer head being hollow, mode of prepa.rillg - the ..1l,!J,91' as seen plainly in the sec Tbe preceding- remalks, WeTe o(Jcasion�d by vi�it a late to tio , nnd traversing the e n ive establishment of the Ansonia � Fl!!. 2, xte s Bl'I\�s a�ld Rattery by means Company, located. in the thriving in upright slid�8, village of Anso:d .. , (':nn. ofa crank and pitman. The vi a itself-which has become the c·.' The j l l f"(c IlOW II «'I' of 11 tirol', intemal arrange large manufacturinl! un in I (',·(,t. Il1l.'nt of the hammer h(cad, and is one of the most im PC'! t3 nt !:lhown in Fig. 2. Two towns in the is famOH.'l i'\ � l1f!U. bar�, pivr,ted at exten'] tuck valley--is ind(·bttr] A, .lor ��()' through the of tlw cnly its name but up cap its "('1 y , '�. and istence to tbe l)amnleT-henu, tHoI at il, late An��!l U. are together by spiral Phelrs, hc·lll of the firm "f PIll,lps, springs, until Dodge of o\' otlll'\' a, & ('0., X'.:IV Yell;. apart by the rise of Twenty-fivcyenrs forcc,1 �gr" 1�j�;."; :!l(\ bammer bringing the tlenlun the pf..'l'crjvin!!.' tll:": Yi.lll1c� of in contact with a l'\'oj('ction� w ter pOWf'l' ,-"I.-klt I�"dg!lt IH [·ed releaser, D, mode va l thi-; 1.11" \,.�Iw a i'al.:le lit 'i'cit. ,,' . "hich the lected the loc�lity Fig. 1, Rpreads f!� :1H.· "it.) ba s and releas es the cross for wllat has · r �ince <1(,":"('I(":::�'i!- ltfUU. 11"1ig. into thQ\"ul'ioU3 or sn ug, E, 2\ n;f1nu�"nct"Hrin�t� ed to the pis establishll1cnr�, which is attacll all c:nonctrd ton rod, TillS cros8,head under tl10 F. name aGo,'o 1l!fl1- the or engages with tars tioned. The proJuctB of the ns of projec levers by mea several mills arc so well known tion..; plai nly throughout the c,}nn �t'en JI1 Fig, 2. try, that. Tbe hight from which the a brief e of' no' the prece['ses of llammer falls, and, in a manufacturing may prove of measure, tbe weight of the interest. blow, are governed by the The shops of company, TANDLER'S DRAWING AND UPSETTING POWER HAMMER. tlte hight of the releaser, which four in number. as alEO fi"e may be elevated or depressed by the rod, and gical knowledge among the lowe�t races generally is confined other factOl'ies through tbe village, arc driven lever, G ; H, scattel'ed l,y ndle, to an a uainta ce whh the precious met'l.ls, which are made water power drawn from the Naugatuck r\\'er, at point ha 1. cq n a 01)(' Further, to govern the force he blow, one side of the t em to subEerve many of the uses for which iron is em mile north of the town of Seymour, and brought of t bv h by a canal "i]o} hamnlcr l1a8 inclines against which two spriug clamjls, J, ployed l.Jy civili7.ed nations. The more difficult of fusion is and oIle-�ighth miles long, under a bead or fall of thirr.y-two a operated by handle, bear with any degree of pres8lue de the lJalive (,re, the greater the talent required for bringing it and one-balf feet, with a permanent power of fiftcFtI fcpt o.rawn �irable, ano. they may be regulated by or foot Illay into subjection; and the skill which can takE iron-itself en under thirty-inch ht'ad. The copper·rolling the first band as a mill, a� be most cOll\','nient. From tbe forEgoing description the ac tirely too refraetOlY to be fUSE'd a8 easily as silvpr and gold, or built of the company's shops, is worthy of firstnotice. Pr('vious tion of this hammer may be easily understood. even if to tile mp-tallic state by tbe intense heat of to the war, most of tbe copper used in tbe hrou.ght brong ht pig mill '7.