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Comenge, M., double reaction | Cowles's aluminium process, his-

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utensils, valuable property
of aluminium for, 68
Copper, alloys of aluminium
with, 264-280

deposition of, by aluminium,
81

freeing of aluminium from,
240

oxide, action on aluminium,
87

reduction of aluminium by,
212

of aluminium-sulphide
by, 322

the quality suitable for alu-
minium bronze, 267
Coppering of aluminium, 80
Corbelli, of Florence, cyanogen
process of, 180

process of, for deposit-
ing aluminium elec-
trolytically, 231

Cornwall, supposed discovery of
native aluminium at, 43
Corundum, 49, 50

discovery in Georgia, 49
from Georgia, used by
Cowles Bros., 205
price at the mines, 49

use of, for making alumin-
ium, 37

Cost of aluminium at Salindres
in 1872, 172

tory of, 41

Cowles Bros.' agent in England,

197

aluminium bronze made

by, 274

aluminous materials used

by, 205

owners of a patent for
producing aluminium
chloride, 326

patent claims, 190

process for the reduction
of aluminium by car-
bon, 189-205

Cross, W., description of Ame-
rican cryolite, 48
Crucible clay, action on alumin-
ium, 84

Crucibles, action of aluminium
on siliceous, 259
alumina, use of, for obtain-
ing aluminium, 228
in purifying alumin-
ium, 243

aluminate of soda, use of,
in purifying aluminium,
243

aluminium, use of, for ob-
taining aluminium, 228
earthen, action of aluminium
on, 35

iron, used by Rose, 106

use of, in purifying alu-
minium, 241

lime, for melting alumin-
ium, 36

lining for, 35, 123

porcelain, use of, for obtain-
ing aluminium, 228
used in electrolyzing alu-
minium, 224

Cryolite, Allen Dick's experi-

ments on reduction of, 115
and Beauxite, chief source
of aluminium, 45
stimulated production

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Cryolite, composition of, 119
decomposition of, 306
by electricity, 230
Deville's process for reduc-
ing, 119-126.

Dr. Percy's experiments on
reducing, 115
formula of, 44

general use as a flux, 48

H. Rose's paper on reduction
of, 103-115

importation of, by the Penn-
sylvania Salt Co., 48
imports into the United
States, 49

in the United States, 48
manufacture of alumina
from, 146-153
occurrence of, 48, 49
reduction of, 103-129

at Nanterre, 126
by ferro-silicum, 207
Watts's summary of its use,
127

Crystalline form of aluminium,

69

Crystallization of aluminium, 115
Crystallized silicon, 260
Culinary articles, use of alumin-
ium for, 68, 245
Cupellation of aluminium, 71
from lead, 291
Curaudau, reduction of sodium
by, 131

Cyanite, formula of, 44
Cyanogen, reduction of alumin-
ium by, 180

Davy, reduction of sodium by,
131

unsuccessful efforts to isolate
aluminium, 25

Debray, H., aluminium plant at
Glacière, 28

Debray, M., statement of, in re-
gard to iron in aluminium, 282
Decomposition furnace for so-
dium mixture, 134

of aluminium sulphide by
water, 311, 317
Degousse, first successful beater
of aluminum leaf, 58

De la Rive, on the action of sul-
phuric acid on aluminium, 74
Denis, M., of Nancy, remark on
the soldering of aluminium,
248

Density of aluminium, 64
Deposition of aluminium by elec-
tricity, 255

by the battery, 80
electrolytically, 222-234
Deville, aluminium plant at Gla-
cière, 28

analysis of beauxite by, 47
book on aluminium, 1859, 29
charges against Tissier Bros.,
28
conclusion of his book, 30
description of the reduction
of sodium, 132

experiments on gilding and
silvering aluminium, 256
H. St. Claire, first to isolate
pure aluminium, 26
on soldering of aluminium,
247

on the aluminium obtained
by Wöhler, 95

on the casting of aluminium,
237

on the electrolytic reduction

of aluminium, 223, 225
on the melting of alumin-
ium, 235

on veneering with alumin-
ium, 253
purification of aluminium,

238

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Deville's sodium vapor process,
100

Diaspore, formula of, 44

where found, 50
Dick, Allan, paper on reducing
cryolite, 116

Disthene, reduction of, by an
electric current, 229
Donny and Mareska, condenser
for making sodium, 131
Double reaction, reduction of
aluminium by, 184

Drawing of aluminium into wire,
60

Drechsler, analysis of beauxite
by, 47

Dublin, analysis of beauxite
from, 47

Ductility of aluminium, 60
Dullo, M., process for making

aluminium chloride, 155
remark on the reduction of
aluminium by zinc, 214
Dumas, on gases in aluminium,

52

Duvivier, M., on reduction of
aluminium by electricity, 229
Dynamo used in Cowles Bros.'
process, 204

Elastic range of aluminium, 62
Elasticity of aluminium, 61
Electric conductivity of alumin-
ium, 66

furnace, Cowles Bros., 199
suggested by Mierzinski,
226

use of, for producing
aluminium

chloride,

326
Electrical furnace, gases from
the, 197

separation of aluminium, 255
Electricity applied to melting
steel, 194

to the extraction of
metals, 194

Electrolytic methods of separat-
ing aluminium, 41
Enamelling mixture to protect
sodium retorts, 135

England, Cowles Bros.' agent in,
197

failure of aluminium manu-

facture in, 35

first aluminium works in, 33
Webster perhaps the only

maker of aluminium in, 42
Engraving of aluminium, 61
Evrard, M., making of alumin-
ium bronze by, 211

Falk & Co., makers of alumin-
ium leaf, 60

Faraday's experiments on the
sonorousness of aluminium, 64
Farmer, Moses G., patented ap-
paratus of, for electrolytically
obtaining aluminium, 233
Favre, M., on solution of alu-
minium in hydrochloric acid,

75
Feisstritz, analysis of beauxite
from, 47

Ferro-silicum, reduction of alu-
minium by, 206

Fixity of aluminium, 66
Fleury, A. L., carburetted hy-
drogen process of, 182
Fluoride of aluminium, Ger-
hard's process of re-
ducing, 181

Lauterborn's process of
reducing, 206

reduction by ferro-sili-
cum, 206

Fluorides as fluxes, 260

use of, as flux, 102-120
Fluorine, action on aluminium,
88

Fluorspar, action on aluminium,
84

Flux, fluorspar as, 84

use of fluorides as a, 102-120

reduction of aluminium by, Fluxes for aluminium, 259

222

of sodium by, 131
unsuccessful efforts of Davy
to isolate aluminium by, 25

Formulæ of aluminous minerals,

43

France, deposits of beauxite in,
46

France, production of aluminium
in, 1882, 39

successful manufacture of
aluminium in, 35
Fremy, original paper on alu-
minium sulphide, 310
Frishmuth, aluminium works in
Philadelphia, 37

analyses of the metal of, 306
improvement of, in making
aluminium-sodium double
chloride, 154

plating with aluminium-
nickel, 234

production of aluminium,
1883, 1884, 40

solders for aluminium by,
250

Frishmuth's first assertions not
verified, 42

patent claims, 178
owners of, 37

process mentioned in Watts's
Dictionary, 42

works, annual production
of, 39

Fritz, Mr., of Bethlehem, Pa.,
interest of, in the mitis process,
287

Fusibility of aluminium, 65
Furnace, Thomson's, 146

Gallium, alloys of aluminium
with, 300

Garnet, formula of, 44
Gases in aluminium, 52

from the electrical furnace,
197

Gaudin, electric process of, 230
Gay Lussac, reduction of sodium
by, 131

Gerhard & Smith, patent process
of, for depositing aluminium,
233

Gerhard, W. F., furnace for re-
ducing aluminium, 127
German silver, aluminium, 277
Germany, aluminium works in,
33

failure of aluminium manu-
facture in, 35

Gila River, N. M., native sul-
phate of alumina on the, 305
Gilding of aluminium, 80, 256
Glacière, process for making alu-
minium, as used at, 98
purification of aluminium
from slag at, 239
Rousseau Bros., aluminium
works at, 28

Glass, action of, on aluminium,

84

Gmelin, an observation on alu-
minium amalgam, 263
Gold, alloys of aluminium with,
298

Gordon, A., on

the tensile
strength of aluminium bronze,
266

Gore, deposition of aluminium
on copper, 234

Granite, composition of, 43
Graphite, carbon changed to,
193

cylinders, use of, to protect
retorts in sodium reduc-
tion, 135

Grätzel, Richard, electrolytic pro-
cess of, 228

Gravity, specific, of commercial
aluminium, 307

Greenland, cryolite in, 48
Grousilliers's improvement of re-
ducing under pressure, 179
Guettier, remarks on aluminium
bronze, 273

Guiana, deposits of beauxite in,
46

Hadamar, analysis of beauxite
from, 47

Hamburg, aluminium works at,
229

Hardness of aluminium, 61
Harmlessness of aluminium salts
to the body, 79

Havrez, P. J., washing appara-
tus of, 149

Heat, conduction of, by alumin-
ium, 67

specific, of aluminium, 68
Helmet, an aluminium, 245

reduction of aluminium in, Herreshoff, importer of beauxite

228

into the United States, 47

Hesse, analysis of beauxite from, Iron, aluminium alloy, used in

47

deposits of beauxite in, 46
Hillebrand, description of Amer-
ican cryolite, 48

Hirzel, on alloys of aluminium
and silver, 296

History of aluminium, 25-42
Hodges, F., analysis of beauxite!
by, 47

Hulot, coppering of aluminium,
80

method of soldering alu-
minium, 248

on the use of aluminium in
the battery, 75
Hunt, Dr. T. Sterry, paper on
Cowles's process, 194
second paper on Cowles's
process, 196

views on the aluminium
industry, 42
Hydrochloric acid, action of, on
aluminium, 75
Hydrogen, action on aluminium,
88

reduction of aluminium by,
181

sulphide, action of, on alu
minium, 73

use of, to purify aluminium,
243

Imports of aluminium, 1870 to
1884, 40
Impurities, freeing of aluminium
from, 240

Instruments, mathematical, etc.,
suitability of aluminium
bronze for, 268

optical and portable electric,
a suitable alloy for, 290
Iodine, action on aluminium,
88
Ireland, analysis of beauxite
from, 47

deposits of beauxite in, 46
Iron, alloys of aluminium with,
280

with aluminium, 209
aluminium alloy, production

of, 323


the mitis process, 212
coated with aluminium, 247
crucibles, use of, in purify-
ing aluminium, 241
used by Rose, 106
freeing of aluminium from,
240

in commercial aluminium,
estimation of, 307

oxide, action on aluminium,
86
reduction of aluminium by,
206
sulphide by, 323
Ivigtuk, Greenland, cryolite beds
at, 48

Jablochoff, reduction of sodium
by, 131

Javel, chemical works at, 28

process for making alumin-
ium as used at, 98
Jeancon, J. A., patented process
for depositing aluminium,
232

Jewelry, aluminium, 247
Johnson, double reaction method
of, 184

Jouet, Mr., analysis of beauxite
by, 47

Joules, on the amalgamation of
aluminium, 262

Kagensbusch, electric process of,
230

of Leeds, on reduction of
aluminium by zinc, 218
on reduction of aluminium
by lead, 222

Kamarsch, on the tensile strength
of aluminium, 63
Kerl and Stohman, directions for
soldering aluminium
by, 250

historical résumé by, 32
on the melting of alu-
minium, 236

Klein Steinheim, analysis of
beauxite from, 47

Knight, remarks on aluminium
bronze, 273

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