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Show NOW CALLED NICKEL-SILVER Well-Known Metal Has Been Relieved From the ObliquHy of Bearing a German Name. One of the largest metal-handling concerns in this country has recently changed the name of - the alloy heretofore here-tofore known as German silver, and Is now marketing this commodity as nickel-silver, and a publication devoted to the metal industry suggests that the word silver be eliminated entirely, as there is no sliver in the combination. combina-tion. This publication says: "If the nickel is taken from an 18 per cent German silver alloy only a 'two and one' brass will remain. Why not then call the compound 'nickel-brass,' or, if commercial objections are too strong to be overcome at once, why not call it nickel alloy? The various contents of nickel may be designated by utilizing the different percentages that the alloy al-loy contains. Thus, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, IS per cent, etc., nickel-alloy. It. Is a fact that some manufacturers are already al-ready designating the materia' now being sold as 'Sheffield plate,' as 'silver-plate on a nickel base.' We sea no reason why the same argument does not apply to the alloy being called nickel-silver." |