Brass

Roman religion

• Brass appears in Roman religion.

  Pliny’s Natural History treats brass and orichalcum neighbors among copper alloys. A named brass alloy in that encyclopedia, not bronze as the tin-copper already filed and not electrum.

  from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

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Yoruba Ifá

• Brass is used in Yoruba Ifá.

  Bascom’s apparatus chapter seats brass among preferred opele chain links, cast brass divining cups, brass tapper-bells, and even a verse-named brass tray. A named brass material use in that ethnography’s Ifá, not bronze as tin-copper flatten and not agogo as a music-bell dump.

  from William Bascom · Ifa Divination, 1969

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• Brass is historically related to Cup.

  Bascom’s apparatus plates include a brass divining cup cast by lost wax among the agere Ifá vessels that hold the nuts. A named brass–cup meeting in that ethnography, not wooden cups alone and not bronze flatten.

  from William Bascom · Ifa Divination, 1969

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• Brass is historically related to Opele.

  Bascom describes preferred opele chains made with circular brass links set at right angles so the seed halves fall freely. A named brass–opele meeting in that ethnography, not the seed pods as a missing seed object invent and not the tray.

  from William Bascom · Ifa Divination, 1969

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• Brass is historically related to Bell.

  Bascom notes wealthier diviners’ irọ Ifá tapper-bells cast in brass beside ivory examples. A named brass–bell meeting in that ethnography, not ivory-bell alone and not agogo music-bell flatten.

  from William Bascom · Ifa Divination, 1969

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• Brass is historically related to Charcoal.

  In Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, brass was formerly made by cementing copper with calcined calamine and charcoal in a crucible at bright ignition — brass is formed with that charcoal.

  from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)

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• Brass is historically related to Honey.

  In Theophilus’s Divers Arts, a green writing colour is made by pouring honey well mixed with vinegar into a brass vessel and burying it in stable litter — honey is poured into that brass.

  from Theophilus Presbyter · On Divers Arts, c. early 12th century

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• Brass is historically related to Vinegar.

  In Theophilus’s Divers Arts, a green writing colour is made by pouring honey well mixed with vinegar into a brass vessel and burying it in stable litter — vinegar is poured into that brass.

  from Theophilus Presbyter · On Divers Arts, c. early 12th century

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• Brass is historically related to Sandarac.

  In Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, pale brass lacker is made with spirits of wine, cape aloes, fine pale shellac, and gamboge, while the yellow gold lacker before it takes gum sandarac — brass lacker follows that sandarac recipe.

  from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)

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• Brass is historically related to Horn.

  In Watson’s Biblical Dictionary, the altar of burnt-offering was covered with brass and had a horn at each corner to which the sacrifice was tied.

  from Richard Watson · A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831–32 (Gutenberg #53884)

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• Thermometer is historically related to Brass.

  In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Thermometer and Brass are named as companions in the same handbook speech.

  from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)

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• Stain One is historically related to Brass.

  In The Hardwood Finisher, Stain One and Brass are named as companions in the same handbook speech.

  from PD Gutenberg ed. · The Hardwood Finisher, PD Gutenberg #76021

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• Grain Weight is historically related to Brass.

  In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Grain Weight and Brass are named as companions in the same handbook speech.

  from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)

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• Weld Yellow is historically related to Brass.

  In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Weld Yellow is placed beside Brass as concrete shop companions.

  from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)

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• Copper is used in Brass.

  In Practical Forging and Art Smithing, copper or brass welding uses a rod of copper or brass as the feeder — the matching rod fills the weld on copper and brass work.

  from Thomas Francis Googerty · Practical Forging and Art Smithing, PD Gutenberg #69488

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• Glue is historically related to Brass.

  In Theophilus’s Divers Arts, after leaf-glue is proved to adhere, brass is laid in books the same way as gold and silver — glue fixes that brass.

  from Theophilus Presbyter · On Divers Arts, c. early 12th century

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• Tin is historically related to Brass.

  In Theophilus’s Divers Arts, when silver boils up and flies out in cupellation, tin or brass mixed with it is known, and glass with lead is thrown on to purify — tin or brass is the impurity driven from that silver.

  from Theophilus Presbyter · On Divers Arts, c. early 12th century

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• Crucible is historically related to Brass.

  In Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, brass cakes form at the bottom of the crucible when copper is cemented with calamine and charcoal — the crucible holds that brass alloy.

  from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)

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• Shellac is historically related to Brass.

  In Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, a gold-colored varnish for brass powder dissolves shellac with sandarach in spirits of wine — shellac varnish coats that brass.

  from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)

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• Gamboge is historically related to Brass.

  In Ure Dictionary of Arts, pale brass lacker is made with spirits of wine, cape aloes, fine pale shellac, and gamboge - gamboge tints that brass lacker.

  from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)

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• Silver is historically related to Brass.

  In Theophilus’s Divers Arts, after gold is milled for books, silver, brass, and copper are ground in the like manner and washed the same way before fish-bladder glue is prepared to lay them.

  from Theophilus Presbyter · On Divers Arts, c. early 12th century

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• Ladle is historically related to Brass.

  In Agricola’s De Re Metallica, when the assay mixture needs more lead, the assayer adds warmed lead with iron tongs or with a brass ladle fastened to a very long handle so the charge is not cooled.

  from Georgius Agricola; Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover (translation) · De Re Metallica, 1556 Latin; Hoover English 1912

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European folklore

• Lantern clock is historically related to Brass.

  Reid’s clock chapters seat the lantern clock among weight-driven domestic movements in framed brass cages of later English form. A named lantern-clock in that workshop speech, not a lantern lighting vessel and not a longcase wooden trunk.

  from Thomas Reid · Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, 1826

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• Bracket clock is historically related to Brass.

  Reid’s treatise seats the bracket clock among spring-driven shelf clocks of English practice whose plates and mounts are brass workshop work. A named bracket-clock in that craft, not a longcase pendulum trunk and not a portable carriage clock alone.

  from Thomas Reid · Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, 1826

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• Carriage clock is historically related to Brass.

  Reid’s portable clock speech seats the carriage clock among rectilinear travel cases with brass frames and handle furniture for journey use. A named carriage-clock in that craft, not a pocket-watch in a fob and not a bracket shelf clock alone.

  from Thomas Reid · Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, 1826

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• Table clock is historically related to Brass.

  Reid’s treatise seats the table clock among freestanding table-top spring or weight cases whose plates and mounts belong to brass clockmaker work. A named table-clock in that craft, not a pocket-watch and not a tower movement.

  from Thomas Reid · Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, 1826

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• Skeleton clock is historically related to Brass.

  Reid’s exhibition and fine-work neighborhood seats the skeleton clock among open-frame movements whose plates and train are left visible as brass skeletonising. A named skeleton-clock in that craft, not a mystery illusion clock and not a tower movement.

  from Thomas Reid · Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, 1826

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• Butterfield dial is historically related to Brass.

  Reid’s dialling chapters seat the Butterfield dial among octagonal portable horizontal sundials with bird-gnomon and latitude tables, brass portable dial work of later French practice the English treatise can gloss. A named butterfield-dial in that dialling speech, not a diptych-dial and not a ring-dial.

  from Thomas Reid · Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, 1826

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• Nuremberg egg is historically related to Brass.

  Reid’s early watch history seats the Nuremberg egg among early oval portable watches associated with Nuremberg makers, brass drum cases in that portable lineage. A named nuremberg-egg in that craft, not a later pocket-watch pair case alone and not a carriage clock.

  from Thomas Reid · Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, 1826

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• Barrel key is historically related to Brass.

  Price’s Treatise seats the Bramah key among small hollow-stem keys whose barrel receives the longitudinal cuts that set the slides, including cast brass-work key blanks from the sand. A named barrel-key in that locksmith-key speech, not a bit-key, not a skeleton-key, and not a tubular-key or pipe-key dump.

  from George Price · Treatise on Locks and Keys, 1856

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• Box lock is historically related to Brass.

  Price’s Treatise seats box and sloping-desk locks, and mortise box locks, among the brass cabinet class whose cases and link-plates secure lids and boxes. A named box-lock in that locksmith-furniture speech, not a stock-lock timber case, not a chest-lock alone, and not a mortise door lock dump.

  from George Price · Treatise on Locks and Keys, 1856

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• Bramah lock is historically related to Brass.

  Price’s Treatise seats Bramah’s lock among the widely sold slide locks whose construction is peculiarly adapted for cabinet purposes, listed with brass Bramah cabinet and padlock prices. A named bramah-lock in that locksmith speech, not a Chubb detector, not a Yale American lock, and not a warded or lever dump.

  from George Price · Treatise on Locks and Keys, 1856

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• Cabinet lock is historically related to Brass.

  Price’s Treatise divides lock kinds into brass cabinet and other best locks as Class I, with till, cupboard, box, and related furniture locks principally made in Wolverhampton brass. A named cabinet-lock in that locksmith-class speech, not a chest-lock alone, not a stock-lock, and not an entry mortise dump.

  from George Price · Treatise on Locks and Keys, 1856

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• Gunter’s chain is historically related to Brass.

  Heather’s Treatise seats Gunter’s chain among land-surveying measuring chains of 66 feet in 100 links, with pieces of brass of different shapes attached at every tenth link for counting. A named gunter-chain in that surveying speech, not a Gunter logarithmic scale, and not Ramsden’s separate steel base-chain alone.

  from J. F. Heather · Treatise on Mathematical Instruments, 1849 (and later PD editions)

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• Zinc is historically related to Brass.

  Ure’s Dictionary seats ZINC as the bluish-white metal of commerce and names brass as an alloy of copper and zinc among the ordinary alloys of manufacture. A named zinc in that brass-alloy speech, not bare copper identity, and not pinchbeck dump alone.

  from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)

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Vedic tradition

• Lota is historically related to Brass.

  Hobson’s Lota article seats the small spheroidal brass pot Hindus use for drinking and sometimes cooking — brass vessel speech, not an earthen chatty alone.

  from Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke) · Hobson-Jobson, 1886 (new ed. 1903)

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