[Sca-cooks] Bells and their Casting was Cast Iron pots??

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Jun 4, 2006, at 3:16 PM, grizly wrote:

> I'm curious to ask what is this "EB printed relatively close in  
> time to its
> casting"

An 18th century edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica? I believe it  
is that old, at least.

> and why does it holds more value describing the bell alloy than the
> actual metellurgical analysis done on the actual metal samples from  
> the
> Liberty Bell.  Definitely not a homogenous alloy according to their
> findings, but that does seem to offer a pretty solid description of  
> the bell
> metal composition that would be more sustainable than a reference  
> entry on
> general composition of alloy?  I am just missing something with the  
> EB here.

I think the question addressed is not what the EB (whatever it may  
actually be) thinks the Liberty Bell is, but rather what "standard  
bell-metal" tends to be.

My question  is whether this alloy is merely non-standard bronze,  
bronze with impurities in its tin content, or actual brass, according  
to whatever "recipe" may be out there.

Adamantius



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