Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1894 — Aluminum. [ARTICLE]

Aluminum.

Experiments are beiDg conducted at the armory in Springfield, Mass., in the use of aluminum for the bay-’, onet scabbards for the new rifle, j While the metal works well in 'bend-' ing and is about fifty per cent, lighter than the steel scabbards, no satis-’ factory method has been devised for soldering the edges together.