Academy, Paris, patronage of,
towards Deville, 32
Acetic acid, action of, on alu-
minium, 78
Acid, acetic, action of, on alu-
minium, 78
hydrochloric, action of, on
aluminium, 75
muriatic, action of, on alu-
minium, 75
nitric, action of, on alu-
minium, 75
sulphuric, action of, on alu-
minium, 74
tartaric, action of, on alu-
minium, 78
Acids, organic, action of, on alu-
minium, 78
Air, action of, on aluminium,
70
Albite, formula of, 43
Alkalies, caustic, action of, on
aluminium, 77
Alkaline carbonates, action of,
on aluminium, 88
Alloys, aluminium, made by
Cowles Bros., 205
of aluminium, 258-303
and antimony, 292
and bismuth, 292
and boron, 299
and cadmium, 299
and carbon, 300
Alloys of aluminium and mer-
cury, 261
and molybdenum, 302
and nickel, 293
and nitrogen, 303
and platinum, 299
and silicon, 259
and silver, 295
and sodium, 303
and tin, 289
and titanum, 301
and tungsten, 302
and zine, 287
with steel, 281
of brass and aluminium, 276
of German silver and alu-
minium, 277
Alumina, composition of, pre-
cipitated, 165
crucibles, use of, for obtain-
ing aluminium, 228
in purifying alumin-
ium, 243
extracted from alum stone
or shale, 153
manufacture of, 144-153
manufactured from cryolite,
146-153
dry way, 146
precipitation of, by carbonic
acid gas, 149
reduction of, by carbon in
presence of copper, 309
sulphate of, Tilghman's pro-
cess for decomposing, 144
Aluminate of soda crucibles, use
of, in purifying alu-
minium, 243
Crown Metal Co.'s, 173
makers of alumin-
ium bronze, 274
crucibles, use of, for obtain-
ing aluminium, 228
history of, 25-42
manufacture at Salindres
(Gard), 158-171
metallurgy of, 90-257
occurrence in nature, 43-50
physical properties of, 51-70
plate as a substitute for tin
plate, 247
Analyses of commercial alumi-
nium, 51, 52
of Mr. Frishmuth's metal,
307
Analysis of aluminium sulphide,
311
of Bombay Wootz for alu-
minium, 283
Animal matters, action of, on
aluminium, 87
Animals, aluminium never found
in, 44
Annealing of aluminium, 58
Anorthite, formula of, 43
Antimony, alloys of aluminium
with, 292
reduction of aluminium sul-
phide by, 323
Argentan, a serviceable alloy, 294
Artistic purposes, use of alumin-
ium for, 245
Balance beams, special value of
aluminium for, 35
reduction of, by other agents Barattes for precipitating alu-
than sodium, 180
silver, 297
sodium, double chloride,
making of, 154–157
uses of, 243-247
working in, 235-257
Alum-shale, use of, for making
alumina, 153
Alum-stone, use of, for making
alumina, 153
Alums, native, impurities in, 45
Alunite, formula of, 44
Amalgam, potassium, used in
isolating aluminium, 25
Amalgamation of aluminium,
261, 308
Wöhler's efforts, 25
American aluminium, 306
Co., Detroit, 221
price of, 1883-84, 39
cryolite, 48
Amfreville-la-mi-Voie,
ium works at, 29, 33
process used at, 124
Ammonia, aqua, action of, on
aluminium, 78
Analyses of beauxite, 46
Barium, alloys with aluminium,
oxide, action on aluminium,
87
Barlow, W. H., on the tensile
strength of aluminium, 62
Basset, M. N., reduction of alu-
minium by zinc, by, 215
Battersea, London, first alumin-
ium works in England, 33
Battery, use of aluminium in
the, 75
to deposit aluminium, 80
Baudrin, P., on a new aluminium
alloy, 278
Beating of aluminium, 57
Beaux, analysis of beauxite from,
47
Beauxite, 45-47
analyses of, 46
and cryolite, chief source of
aluminium, 45
stimulated production
of, 27
deposits in Ireland, France,
etc., 46
treatment of, at Salindres,
160
where principally found in
France, 160
Bekétoff, on the action of oxide
of barium on aluminium, 87
Bell Bros., directions for solder-
ing aluminium, 252
makers of aluminium at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 33
stoppage of their alu-
minium works, 35
Bells, aluminium, 63
Benjamin, Mr., additional details
of Castner's sodium process,
141
Benzine, use of, in melting alu-
minium, 236
Benzon, iron process of, 211
Berlin, aluminium works in, 35
Bertrand, M. A., deposition of
aluminium by electricity, 232
Berzelius, investigation on the
composition of cryolite, 104
Bessemer converter, reduction of
aluminium in the, 207
reduction of sodium and
potassium in, 208
Birmingham, England, Webster's
aluminium works at, 36
Bismuth, alloys of aluminium
with, 292
Blast furnace, reduction of alu-
minium in a, 185-204
Books on aluminium, Tissier
Bros., 28
Deville's, 29
Mierzinski's, 29
Borates, action of, on aluminium,
84
Boron, alloys of aluminium with,
299
Boudaret, M., report on the mal-
leability of aluminium bronze,
267
Bourbouze, M., on an aluminium
tin alloy, 290
Brass, aluminium, strength of,
compared with aluminium
bronze, 271
Braun, John, deposition of alu-
minium by electricity, 233
Bremen, aluminium works at,
Bromide of aluminium used for
making pure aluminium, 243
Bromine, action on aluminium, 88
Bronze, aluminium, 264
a true alloy, 265
compared with brass, 271
compressive strength of,
272
Cowles Bros., 274
first exhibited at Paris,
1867, 34
making of, 267
malleability of, 267
manufactured by M.
Evrard, 211
melting point of, 271
phosphorized, 279
price in 1878, by the So-
ciété Anonyme, 36
production in the United
States in 1885, 327
specific gravity of, 271
tenacity of, 266, 267, 270,
276
silicon-aluminium, 205,280
silicon, manufactured by M.
Evrard, 211
Brünner, reduction of sodium
131
Buchner, G., purification of alu-
minium from silicon, by, 243
Buff and Wöhler on the solution
siliceous aluminium, 260
Bunsen and Deville's electrolytic
method of separating alumin-
ium, 41
Bunsen, electrical process of, for
depositing aluminium, 222, 225
Burnishing of aluminium, 55
Cadmium, alloys of aluminium
with, 299
Caillet, on the amalgamation of
aluminium, 261
Calcination furnace for sodium
mixture, 133
Thomson's, for cryolite,
Calcination retorts for alumi-
nium-sodium chloride at Sa-
lindres, 166
Calcutta, aluminium at the ex-
hibition of, in 1883, 246
Calvert and Johnson, making of
iron aluminium alloys,
reduction of aluminium
by iron, 209
Camden, N. J., aluminium made
at, 31
Carbon, action on aluminium, 88
alloys of aluminium with,
300
and aluminium, alloy of, 203
and carbon dioxide, reduc-
tion of aluminium by, 187
as lining for earthen cruci-
bles, 36
changed to graphite, 193
dioxide and carbon, reduc-
tion of aluminium by, 187
disulphide, use of, for making
aluminium chlo-
ride, 317
for making alumin-
ium sulphide, 310
reduction of aluminium by,
188-206
Carbonates of alkalies, action on
aluminium, 88
Carbonic acid gas, lime-kiln for
producing, 150
used for precipitat-
ing aluminium,
149, 163
Carburetted hydrogen, reduction
of aluminium by, 182
Casting of aluminium, 237
its importance, 36
the largest ever
made, 39
Castings, Mitis, alloy used for
making, 212
Castner, claims made in his pat-
ent, 141
process for reducing sodium
by, 324
reduction of sodium by, 131
Chalk, object of using, in the
reduction of sodium, 133
Chanu, aluminium plant at
Rouen, 29
Chapelle, M., on the reduction
of aluminium by carbon, 188
Charrière, on soldering alumin-
ium, 248
use of an aluminium tube in
tracheotomy, 87
Chemical classification of alu-
minium, 88
properties of aluminium,
70-89
reactions in the sodium pro-
cess, 158
Chemically pure aluminium, di-
rections for making, 243
Chlorhydrate of aluminium, 85
Chloride of aluminium, a new
process for producing,
326
Dullo's process for mak-
ing, 155
improved method for
producing, 157
Chlorides, metallic, action on
aluminium, 85
Chlorine, action on aluminium,
Christofle, M., castings of alu-
minium bronze, 265
gilding of aluminium, 80
on soldering aluminium, 248
on the use of aluminium-
silver alloy, 296
Classification, chemical, of alu-
minium, 88
Clay, cryolite, as lining for
earthen crucibles, 36
Clays, alumina the base of, 43
Cleaning of tarnished alumin-
ium, 54
Cleveland, manufacture of alu-
minium in, 41, 190
Coating of metals with alumin-
ium, 231
iron with aluminium, 247
Coins, use of aluminium for,
247
Color of aluminium, 53
Combinations of aluminium, 43
Combustion of aluminium leaf,
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