Silicuretted hydrogen, formation
of, on dissolving aluminium,
260
Silver, alloys of aluminium with,
295
aluminium, 297
comparative value with alu-
minium, 65
deposition of, by aluminium.
81
from clay, exhibited at Paris,
1855, 34
sulphide, decomposition of,
by aluminium, 74
Silvering of aluminium, 256
difficulty in, 80
Smith, Dr., patents on reduction
of aluminium, 221
Société Anonyme de l'alumin-
ium, 35
prices of aluminium and
aluminium bronze, 36
Soda, action of, on aluminium,
77
mica, formula of, 43
mineral, 105
Sodium, alloys of, with alumin-
ium, 303
aluminate, precipitation of,
by Löwig, 151
amount necessary to reduce
aluminium from cryolite,
and potassium, reduction
together of, 138
calcination furnace, 133
carbonates, action on alu-
minium, 88
chloride, action on alumin-
ium, 85
decomposition of, by
electricity, 142
cyanide as a reducing agent,
180
Gerhard's furnace to prevent
loss of, 126
great reduction of its price
in 1859, 27
its manufacture, 130-143
manufacture in New York
City, 1886, 139–141
mixture for reduction, 132
Sodium, nascent, as a reducing
agent, 179
preservation of, by Wagner's
method, 138
reaction for the reduction of,
137
reduction by Brünner, 131
by Castner, 139
additional details
of, 324
by Curaudau, 131
by Davy, 131
by electricity, 142
by Gay Lussac, 131
by Jablochoff, 142
by Thenard, 131
furnace for, 134
in the Bessemer conver-
ter, 208
in the electric furnace,
193
of aluminium by other
agents than, 180
of the double chloride
by, 168
process, the perfection
of the, 171
substituted for potassium by
Deville, 27
sulphate, action on alumin-
ium, 88
temperature of the reduction
of, 137
use of chalk in the reduction
of, 133
vapor process as used by
Deville, 100
of Frishmuth, 178
Weldon's calculation of the
cost of, 139
Soils, alumina the base of, 43
Soldering liquor for aluminium,
250
of aluminium, 247-253
Solders for aluminium, 248-251
bronze, 279
Sonorousness of aluminium, 63
Spear, Mr. W. B., in connection
with native sulphate of alu-
mina, 305
Specht, on the reduction of alu-
minium by zinc, 218
Specific heat of aluminium, 68
gravity of aluminium, 64
bronze, 271
of commercial alumin-
ium, 307
Sprague, remarks on electrolysis
of aluminium salts, 232
Spruce, Mr., analysis of beauxite
by, 47
Stamping of aluminium, 58
Stearic acid used for burnishing
aluminium, 55
Steel, alloys with aluminium,
281
Stocker, on native aluminium, 43
Stoddart and Faraday, analysis
of Bombay wootz, 283
Stones, precious, formulæ of, 44
Strange, Mr., experiments with
aluminium bronze, 273
Strength, compressive, of alu-
minium, 62
aluminium bronze, 272
tensile, of aluminium, 62, 63
of aluminium bronze,
266, 267, 270, 276
of aluminium-silicon
bronze, 205
transverse, of aluminium, 62
Sulphate of alumina, decomposi-
tion of, by electricity,
231, 233
native, 305
Tilghman's process for
decomposing, 144
of potash, action on alu-
minium, 88
of soda, action on alumin-
ium, 88
Sulphide appearance, properties
and analysis of, 311
a practical process for
producing, 321
experiments on produc-
ing, 318
on reducing, 322
production and reduc-
tion of, 309-324
reduction of, by Co-
menge's method,
184
by manganese, 222
Sulphide appearance, reduction
of, by Petitjean's me-
thod, 183
remark by Than on, 314
researches of Fremy on,
310
of Reichel, 312
carbon di-, use of, for making
aluminium chloride,
317
use of, for making alu-
minium sulphide, 310
Sulphides of aluminium and
magnesium, Reichel's
paper on, 312-317
Sulphur, action on aluminium,
73, 88
its relative affinity for the
metals, 318
Sulphuretted hydrogen, action
of, on aluminium, 73
Sulphuric acid, action of, on
aluminium, 74
Surgery, use of aluminium iu, 87
Sweat, action on aluminium, 87
Syndicate, an English, to control
patents on aluminium, 39
Tanks, precipitating, 152
Tarnish, Mourey's receipt for re-
moving, from aluminium, 54
Tarnishing of aluminium, cause
of, 240
Tartaric acid, action of, on alu-
minium, 78
Taste of aluminium, 57
Taylor, W. J., calculated cost of
aluminium, 32
Telegraph wire, aluminium, 243
Temperature necessary to reduce
sodium, 137
Tempering of aluminium, 58
Tenacity of aluminium, 61
Tensile strength of aluminium,
62, 63
of aluminium bronze,
266, 267, 270, 276
of aluminium-silicon
bronze, 205
Than, remark by, on the forma-
tion of aluminium sulphide,
Thenard, reduction of sodium | Usiglio, manager of the works at
Thermal, conductivity of alu-
minium, 67
Thomas and Tilly, process for
aluminium plating, 231
Thompson, J. B., deposition of
aluminium from solution, 231 |
Thompson, W. P., paper on the
Cowles's process, 197-205
Thompson, W. P., reduction of
aluminium by, 207-
Thomson's calcination furnace
for cryolite, 146
"Tiers Argent," an alloy of alu-
minium and silver, 297
Tilghman's process for decom-
posing sulphate of alumina,
144
Tin, alloy of aluminium and, 196
alloys of aluminium with,
289
aluminium alloy, action of
lead on, 196
production of, 322
its injurious effects in food,
79
plate, aluminium plate a
substitute for, 247
reduction of aluminium sul-
phide by, 322
Titanum, alloys of aluminium
with, 301
Tissier Bros., Deville's charges
against, 28
experiments on solder-
ing aluminium, 248
history of their works, 29
process, 124
Recherches sur l'Alu-
minium," 1858, 28
Tissier, on the amalgamation of
aluminium, 262
Topaz, formula of, 44
Tracheotomy, aluminium tube
used in, 87
Tungsten, alloys of aluminium
with, 302
Tuning forks, aluminium, 63
Turquois, formula of, 44
Uses of aluminium, 243-247
Vanadium, occurrence in beaux-
ite, 46
Vangeois, first maker of alumin-
ium wire, 60
Veneering with aluminium, 253
Vielle Montagne Zinc Works, on
the use of retorts from, 288
Viscidity of molten aluminium,
237
Volatilization of aluminium, 66
Wagner, O., analysis of beauxite
by, 47
Wahl, W. H., remarks on mitis
castings, 326
Wasellite, formula of, 44
Washing apparatus, 149
used at Salindres, 161
methodical, 149
Washington monument, cast-
aluminium tip of, 39
composition of the alu-
minium in the tip of,
53
description of the apex
of, 40
Water, action of, on aluminium,
sulphide, 311, 317
decomposition of, by alu-
minium leaf, 73
Watts's Dictionary, Frishmuth's
process mentioned in, 42
Watts, on the use of cryolite for
producing aluminium, 127
Webster, aluminium works of,
at Birmingham, 36
improvement of, in making
aluminium-sodium double
chloride, 154
James, patented alloy of, 278
process of, only one used in
England, 42
Webster's patent, 175
process, 173-177
Wedding, M., remarks on Bas-
set's zinc process, 217
Weldon, W., of Burstow, Eng-
land, manganese process of, 222
Wertheim, on the elasticity of
aluminium, 61
Wilde, A. E., on reducing alu-
minium by lead, 221
Winckler, Dr. Clemens, histori-
cal retrospect to 1879,
33
on coating metals with
aluminium, 254
remarks on electrolysis
of aluminium salts,
Wine, acid action of, on alumin-
ium, 78
Wire, aluminium, drawing of, 60
strength of, 63
Wirz & Co., Berlin, stoppage of
their aluminium works, 35
Wochein, analysis of beauxite
from, 47
Wocheinite, local name for
beauxite, 46
Wöhler and Buff, on the solution
of siliceous aluminium,
260
and Deville, on the extrac-
tion of Boron, 300
Deville's opinion of, 31
discovery of aluminium,
1827, 26, 91
experiments to obtain alu-
minium amalgam, 25
first paper of, 91
improvement on Deville's
cryolite process, 126
method used in 1845, 26
observation on melting alu-
minium with a blowpipe,
Wöhler and Buff on the resist-
ance of aluminium to aqua
ammonia, 78
review of Oerstedt's paper,
second paper of, 93
Working of aluminium, 235-257
Works, aluminium, at Amfre-
ville, near Rouen, 29,
124, 128
at Battersea, London, 33
at Berlin, 35
at Birmingham, England, 36,
173
at Camden, N. J., 31
at Cleveland, Ohio, 41, 189
at Glacière, 28, 98
at Javel, 28, 98
at Nanterre, 28, 35, 126, 128
at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 33
at Philadelphia, 37, 178
at Salindres, 28, 33, 128, 168
in England, 33, 35, 42
in France, 35, 128
in Germany, 33, 35
Zinc, alloys of aluminium with,
287
deposition of, by aluminium,
83
expelling from aluminium
by heat, 218
freeing of aluminium from,
242
oxide, action on aluminium,
86
reduction of aluminium by,
214
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