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Show Tlie Jl.i.l nelhem olfrnm, or tnnntcn belonn to A I pnop of rnro uieialt,nnl till a com lrntlirely roeenttlmo wot known only to tho cliemitt and lit rahto was only In tho laboratory llh tho Inrenlloii of 100 ton (rune the demaii 1 fc r tungsten tung-sten soon in ido Hint revlcuely olwcure Inetat well known throuchout tho niln Ing worl 1 It was euon found that tin iteel tuba llntiig the Iwro of Iheso cnor iiioiis pune toiiI 1 not r lt tho shock entalleil by dleehargliig many iliott without lieeomlng fraif urcd, when ol course, nn elpclielio 4ec of ordnance becnino tisQlene I.I ilmetit I pored that tho addition of a small quantity of tungsten to th lino steel employed In Runuioklng ten tiered tho latter metal wuiidetfully cla tie ro Hint tho steel tubo will eHKI undi r tho tenetou nt firing an 1 contract ngnliitolletioruiil sire a jerent mnn times before lhn quality of tho metal L In nny way Impaired T ho German gm factories consetpn ntty nlmirb mntt nl tho tungstem found In tho wotll.niiil from being A lnro curloelty seen out) In tho laboratory of tho chemlttt tbli rare metal has acquired considerable Talie W'dfrain (emmeouely cnllil tung (Into of Iron In tho cublcf rami general ly occurs In roiublnMlon wltli Iron It I.uroiic but It Is nlto found In sclm lit or tungetnto of hmo. It It In tho lattel form Hint It occurs In Otngo 1h nift.ll Itself It of a vhlto color, citrcmo ly hrlttlo and heavy, tho siieclflo gray Ity Ulng ID l, that of gol l leilng 19 X It will thus In seen Hint tungsten It t my hoay metal, Wing only tr) sll(.hlly lighter thangold Otogo ( Zonland) ows. |