Show ancient metallurgy A recently published report of a ffrench dearant shows that the chal beans and babylonians were possess iel d ot of considerable metallurgical skill A babylonian statuette was found to insist consist ot of a copper alloy containing per cent ot of coper 1 25 per cent of tin and 0 8 per cent of iron A from chaldean estimated to be 2 years old was composed ct of nearly pure copper containing only it i slight proportion i of iron whereas another chaldean statuette some ayears years older consisted mainly of an alloy ot of four parts of copper with one part of lead and a trace ot of sulphur |