Easy silver solder, 3s. 3d. per oz.
| oz. | dwts. | grs. | |
| Fine silver | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Shot copper | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| Spelter | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 |
Easy silver solder, same as above.
| oz. | dwts. | grs. | |
| Fine silver | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shot copper | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| Spelter | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 8 | 16 |
Common silver solder, 3s. per oz.
| oz. | dwts. | grs. | |
| Fine silver | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Shot copper | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Spelter | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 |
Common silver solder, same as above.
| oz. | dwts. | grs. | |
| Fine silver | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shot copper | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| Spelter | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 1 | 12 | 0 |
The whole of the above-named solders will bleach or whiten properly if applied to silver of the suitable quality for such purposes. We have used copper and spelter in our silver solders, because we have found from experience that the fewer number of times a solder is melted the better it is for all purposes. This result of our experience is in direct opposition to those authors who have professed to treat upon this subject, and who can have had but a small amount of real practical knowledge, for it is argued by them that the oftener a solder is melted the more properly does it become mixed, and, consequently, the more fit is it for the workman’s use. To such arguments we are prepared to give a blank denial, and our reasons for so doing we will state further on in this treatise.