Algerian metal

Algerian metal (French: Métal d'Alger) is a base metal alloy .

Properties and use

The Algerian metal became known in France and consists of 94.5 percent tin , 5 percent copper and 0.5 percent antimony or bismuth . The metal alloy was mainly used for castings, such as the production of small bells. The Algerian metal can be soldered and is comparable to the Britannia metal in the casting process .

Trivia

Balzac mentions the metal in his novel Le Cousin Pons , as does Edgar Allan Poe in his short story The Double Murder on Rue Morgue .

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Algerian metal FA Brockhaus in Leipzig, Berlin and Vienna, 14th edition, 1894–1896

Individual evidence

↑ J'y ai mis tous nos couverts d'argent, huit à filets. Bah! Cibot mangera dans du métal d'Alger: c'est très bien porté, comme on dit. Honoré de Balzac, Le Cousin Pons , 1847, p. 192
↑ Upon the floor were found four Napoleons, an ear-ring of topaz, three large silver spoons, three smaller of métal d'Alger, and two bags, containing nearly four thousand francs in gold. Edgar A. Poe, Tales , Wiley & Putnam, London 1846, p. 125

[1] J'y ai mis tous nos couverts d'argent, huit à filets. Bah! Cibot mangera dans du métal d'Alger: c'est très bien porté, comme on dit. Honoré de Balzac, Le Cousin Pons , 1847, p. 192

[2] Upon the floor were found four Napoleons, an ear-ring of topaz, three large silver spoons, three smaller of métal d'Alger, and two bags, containing nearly four thousand francs in gold. Edgar A. Poe, Tales , Wiley & Putnam, London 1846, p. 125