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LONDON. Institute of Metals (Manchester Meeting), September 10.—Sir Henry Fowler: The use of non-ferrous metals in engineering (Autumn Lecture). Of the non-ferrous metals used by engineers, the one which has been in longest use is copper, and it is at present the one most closely associated with engineering work. The uses to which its comparatively simple alloys with tin and zinc can be put are endless. The next in importance is tin, which, alloyed with copper, lead, and antimony, gives us those white metals which are used to make bearings in machines. Aluminium is still most generally used in connexion with aeronautics.
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Societies and Academies. Nature 112, 490–492 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112490a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/112490a0