Show very Air aernt nt bronze spoken of in the biblo as br H is of very ancient origin we have little or notion how the ancients got copper but id all probability large quantities were formerly found in abo metallic state just us we find it now in the neighborhood of lake superior in america and baikal lale iu siberia this wound only have required melting to yield a tolerably pure metal if however they smelter smelted copper from its various ores it is difficult to how they could overcome such a complicated process and we can only admit that in this respect as in BO many others the ancient people of europe were very much cleverer than we moderns are apt to believe chambers journal |