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Show MAKING MORE ALUMINUM. United States Leads with Three Oul : of Nine Wotks of the World. It was the United States which bo gnn the maufacturo of aluminum b) the elcctiolyto process. That was It 18S8. In 18S9 almost tho same procest was In use In Switzerland, having been worked out Independently. Since tho latter year, says Cassler'i Magazine, tho production of aluminum has Increased enormously, and at the present tlmo the annual output of the metal Is estimated to be 8,000,000 tons, as compared with 85 tons in 1889. In England the prlco has fallen In th samo period from ton shilling sl pence per pound to one shilling thrc penco per pound. If a cheaper raw material than refined aluminum could bo used In tho process a still furthei reduction In price would bo possible. Nine works are now using thli method, three In the United States, two In Trance, ono each In Great Britain, Brit-ain, Germany, Switzerland and Austria Aus-tria Tho demand for tho metal la growing In connection with motor I car and railway carrlago work, tin latest examplo of this use of the light metal being for the Inside of tho enrj for ono of tho London underground tulM cars. Very Urge amounts of the cheaper brands of aluminium aronow belnp employed In the rating of Iron and steel. The Gnldschmlds thermit proc cs3 for welding trnmwny rallsgkqjkq repairs of castings, etc.. Is a now use, responsible for the annual consumption consump-tion of many tons of aluminum In tho form of powder. |