 | William Phillips - Geology - 1816 - 222 pages
...and bismuth arc two of the most fusible metals.. The fusible-metal of Sir Isaac Newton, is composed of 8 parts of bismuth, 5 of lead, and 3 of tin ; when this is thrown into water, and heat applied, it melts a little before the water has reached... | |
 | William Phillips, Samuel Latham Mitchill - Mineralogy - 1818 - 364 pages
...und bismuth are two of the most fusible metals. The fusible metal of Sir Isaac Newton, is composed of 8 parts of bismuth, 5 of lead, and 3 of tin; when this is thrown in* Native Bifmuth in brilliant plates, interfperfed through a'- rein of quartz,... | |
 | Thomas Hodgson (of Newcastle.) - Stereotyping (Printing) - 1820 - 224 pages
...gives the following instructions for the preparation of this alloy : — The compound should be formed of 8 parts of bismuth, 5 of lead, and 3 of tin. Fuse the bismuth, cover it with resin or suet, and heat the whole rather strongly ; add the lead, stir... | |
 | William Phillips - Mineralogy - 1823 - 558 pages
...and bismuth are two of the most fusible metals. The fusible metal of Sir Isaac Newton, is composed of 8 parts of bismuth, 5 of lead, and 3 of tin ; when this is thrown into water and heat applied, it melts a little before the water has reached the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1824 - 884 pages
...remarkable for their fusibility. With gold, platinum, and silver, it forms brittle compounds. A compound of 8 parts of bismuth, 5 of lead, and 3 of tin, liquifies at 212°; it is called fusible metal. The addition of 1 part of quicksilver renders it yet... | |
 | 1838 - 590 pages
...remarkable fusibility. On this account it is much used for the composition of soft solders. A mixture of 8 parts of bismuth, 5 of lead, and 3 of tin, forms an alloy, which melts below the temperature at which water boils, and is known by the name of... | |
 | Charles Moxon - 1838 - 96 pages
...reddish-white colour, very brittle, and easily fusible — (from experiments made by Sir Isaac Newton, an alloy of 8 parts of bismuth, 5 of lead, and 3 of tin, melts in water below he boiling point). It is fo und pure, and also with sulphur. It is used in several... | |
 | John White Webster - Chemistry - 1839 - 592 pages
...than that of its components. Thus platinum, when alloyed with arsenic is very fusible, and an alloy of 8 parts of bismuth, 5 of lead, and 3 of tin liquefies at 212°. Oi¡d»tion 828. Alloys are generally more oxidizable than their constituents,... | |
 | Science - 1842 - 476 pages
...assumed the solid form. The alloy experimented on was that known as Newton's fusible metal, composed of 8 parts of bismuth, 5 of lead, and 3 of tin. On pouring this alloy, in the melted state, on a marble slab, and breaking it as soon as solid, and... | |
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This is strikingly shown in an alloy called the " fusible metal," which is composed of 8 parts of bismuth, 5 of lead, and 3 of tin, and melts at 203° F. 
