The Silversmith's Handbook / Containing full instructions for the alloying and working of silver

by George E. Gee

Silversmith’s Alloys	[40]
Filigree Work	[40]
Alloy	[41]
Amalgam	[41]
Metals employed in the Industrial Arts	[41]
Metals, their various Characteristics	[41]
Principal Alloys of Silver	[42]
Copper	[42]
Characteristics of Copper	[43]
Protoxide of Copper	[44]
Action of Acids on Copper	[44]
Bean-shot Copper for Alloying	[44]
Chemical name for Copper	[44]
Nickel	[45]
Cronstedt	[45]
Density of Nickel	[45]
Ductility of Nickel	[45]
Malleability of Nickel	[45]
Fusibility of Nickel	[45]
Nickel Coinage	[45]
Nickel Alloys	[46]
Electro-plate	[46]
Zinc	[46]
Spelter	[46]
Zinc in Silver Solder	[46]
Annealing of Zinc	[47]
Specific Gravity of Zinc	[47]
Spelter used by Jewellers	[47]
Tarnishing of Zinc	[47]
Malleability of Zinc	[48]
Ductility of Zinc	[48]
Tenacity of Zinc	[48]
Tin	[48]
Ancient Workers in Tin	[48]
Density of Tin	[48]
Christianity and Tin	[48]
Fusibility of Tin	[48]
Dissolving of Tin	[48]
Tin alloyed with Gold	[49]
Tin alloyed with Silver	[49]
Tin in Silversmith’s Solders	[49]
Vapours of Tin injurious to Gold	[49]
Malleability of Tin	[49]
Ductility of Tin	[49]
Tenacity of Tin	[49]
Scientific Name for Tin	[50]
Table of Metallic Elements	[50]
Melting-points of the Principal Metals	[51]
Physical Properties of the Principal Metals	[51]

CHAPTER VI.

Various Qualities of Silver.

Mechanical Uses of Silver	[52]
Filigree Work	[52]
Birmingham	[52]
London	[52]
Indian	[53]
Chief Places of Filigree Manufacture	[53]
Continental Cheap Labour	[54]
Hand-made Articles	[54]
Process of Workmanship	[55]
Maltese Filigree	[55]
Chinese and Japanese Filigree	[56]
Filigree of Norway and Sweden	[56]
Filigree working, Necessity for Pure Metal	[56]
Old Method of making Filigree	[57]
Twisting of the Wire	[58]
Lathe, Use of	[58]
Flattening of Twisted Wire for Filigree	[59]
New Method of preparing Filigree Wire	[59]
English Standards for Silver	[60]
English Coinage	[61]
Standard Silver Alloy	[61]
Alloy for Hall-marking	[62]
Standard Alloy of the Highest Quality	[62]
Standard Alloy for Hall-marking	[62]
Alloy commonly used in England	[63]
Qualities used by English Silversmiths	[63]
Drawbacks to Hall-marking	[63]
Method of calculating the Qualities of Silver	[63]
Silver Alloy No. 1, cost 4s. 7d. per oz.	[64]
” No. 1, differently calculated	[64]
” No. 2, cost 4s. 1d. per oz.	[64]
” No. 2, differently calculated	[64]
” No. 3, cost 3s. 10d. per oz.	[65]
” No. 3, differently calculated	[65]
Silver Alloy No. 4, cost 3s. 7d. per oz.	[65]
” No. 4, differently calculated	[65]
” No. 5, cost 3s. 6d. per oz.	[66]
” No. 5, differently calculated	[66]
” No. 6, cost 3s. 3d. per oz.	[66]
” No. 6, differently calculated	[66]
” No. 7, cost 3s. 2d. per oz.	[67]
” No. 7, differently calculated	[67]
” No. 8, cost 3s. per oz.	[67]
” No. 8, differently calculated	[67]
Instructions in the Preparation of Alloys	[68]
Copper for Alloying	[68]
French Standards	[69]
Silver Ware	[69]
Coinage	[69]
French Alloy for Coinage	[70]
French Alloy for Plate	[70]
French Alloy for Silver Ware	[70]
Instructions in the Preparation of these Alloys	[70]
German Standards	[71]
Silver Ware	[71]
Coinage	[71]
Silver Alloy for the German Coinage	[72]
Alloy for Plate	[72]
Alloys for Silver Wares	[72], [73]
Law on the Manufacture of Silver Wares	[73]
Remedy allowed in Fineness	[73]
Government Exports	[73]
Guarantee Marks	[73]

CHAPTER VII.

Silver Solders: their Uses and Applications.

The Act of Soldering	[74]
Cause of Inferior Manufactures	[74]
Tin in Solders	[75]
Filed Solders	[76]
Zinc in Silver Solder	[76]
Solders made with Copper and Silver	[76]
Hard Silver Solders	[77]
Medium Solders	[77]
Easy Solders	[77]
Connections for Soldering	[77]
Flux for Soldering	[77]
Fusibility of Silver Solders	[78]
Hardest Silver Solder, cost 4s. 1d. per oz.	[78]
Ditto, differently calculated	[79]
Medium Silver Solder, cost 3s. 10d. per oz.	[79]
Ditto, differently calculated	[79]
Easy Silver Solder, cost 3s. 5d. per oz.	[79]
Ditto, differently calculated	[80]
Remarks on Silver Solders	[80]
Composition for Solder	[81]
Best Hard Solder, cost 4s. 1d. per oz.	[81]
Ditto, differently calculated	[81]
Medium Solder, cost 3s. 10d. per oz.	[82]
Ditto, differently calculated	[82]
Easy Solder, cost 3s. 7d. per oz.	[82]
Ditto, differently calculated	[82]
Common Solder, cost 3s. 3d. per oz.	[83]
Ditto, differently calculated	[83]
Directions on the Melting of Solders	[83]
Solder for Enamelling, cost 4s. 1d. per oz.	[84]
” ” cost 3s. 6d. per oz.	[84]
Easy Solder for Filigree Work	[84]
Quick Running Solder, cost 3s. 3d. per oz.	[85]
Silver Solder for Chains, cost 3s. 3d. per oz.	[85]
Easy Solder for Chains, cost 3s. 3d. per oz.	[85]
Common Silver Solder, cost 3s. per oz.	[85]
Common Easy Solder, cost 3s. per oz.	[86]
Arsenic Solder, cost 4s. 1d. per oz.	[86]
Silver Solder with Arsenic, 3s. 10d. per oz.	[86]
Easy Silver Solder, cost 3s. 6d. per oz.	[86]
Common Easy Solder, cost 3s. per oz.	[87]
Another Common Solder	[87]
Very Common Solder	[87]
Directions in the Preparation of Solders	[87]
Drossy Solders	[88]
Mode of Soldering Gold and Silver	[88]
Pallion Solder	[88]
Blowpipes	[89]
Solder-dish and Charger	[89]
Soft Solder	[90]
Art in Soldering	[90]
Solder for Filigree	[91]
Lemaille Solder	[91]
English Filigree Workers	[91]
Sprinkle Borax	[92]
Special Soldering Flux	[92]
Boiling-out Pickle	[93]

CHAPTER VIII.

On the Melting of Silver.