Show Utah Aluminium A couple of weeks ago we announced that I F B Sunderland of Lehi had been quite successful Is his experiments looking to tho manufacture of aluminium from Utah clays and that there was an abundance of the material within easy reach of that city Of this metal and its production an exchange has the following It is as strong as iron and the best of it as strong stronr is only onethird heavy as strong Itnas a bright silver color and is susceptible of r d t ol L = L 1 t as a high polish It is not corrodible is both maleable and ductile to a high degree and lS almost as good a conductor of elect rio city a copper It readily unites with rim metals and as an alloy reduces the melting point of steel ii very important thing frees both iron and steel castings from the bubbles or blows Silver and c opper it hardens Aluminums chief use just j now is being mixed with bronze pro du ucing what is known as aluminumbronze used In tho highest grades of the arts Though present in all clay deposits the d fliculty of extracting it has hitherto made ai aluminum a commercially dear metal It metn ae s not such a long time ago since its price exceeded that of silver which is I 12 a pound Discovery after d iscovory simplifying the of simplymg process pro dd ucton has steadily brought the price down > until now aluminum i sold for a bout the same as nickel There are per I I haps a thousand men busy in their labora ories in various parts of the world seeking for some process by which to mane the metal cheap and abundant When they sc hall have found it who can calculate tho c mngc there will be in the construction of r ailroads and steamships tho building of houses and bridges and the making of t loimnds of things where iron and steel are now used Take the bicycle for jn stance An average safety machine weighs between tifty and Hftytive poiinds and the very lightest machine thirty pounds Imagine machines of tho same trength that shall weigh but eighteen md ten pounds respectively I But more mportant than all these aluminium seems t o have brought terial navigation a long I stride nearer and who shall say how soon I in i this aluminum eltctricalslnKletas age we shall be sailing the air in ships i ag |