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Show . SOME OLD IRON ARTICLES. I There sms ' ho no doubt that the metal produced previous to the intro-1 duction of modern methods was supe-, rior in Its resistance to corrosion to the present-da product. 1 have sen various iron anicles. especially nails, I which Showed far loss rust after an exposure of a hundred years or so than the modern variety does jn a few weeks One article an old flintlock flint-lock pistol, was especially interest- ; ing. It was found by a friend in a patch of woods In Vermont and had evidently lain there for many years, since a piece Of newspaper with the date 1796 had been UBed as wadding in loading it All the iron parts wore rather rough and pitted and coveted with rust, but the arm was in surprisingly sur-prisingly cood shape, considering the conditions to which it had been subjected sub-jected The spring, hammer, and trigger trig-ger were still capable Of nerforminv; their functions and very little effort ; was required to put the nld weapon in decidedly presentable condition. Perhaps one of the most noted of j the iron articles whicn hae come down to ug from antiquity is the famous fa-mous pillar in the temple of Kutab I Minar at Delhi. India This old shaft, which projects some thirty feet above the surface of the ground, was erected about 900 B. C. Today it shows little trace of rust, although it has had no protective coating other than that which he atmosphere Itself It-self has formed upon it L. C Wil , son in Engineering Magazine. nr |