A brass mill is a mill which processes
brass
Brass is an alloy of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), in proportions which can be varied to achieve different mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties. It is a substitutional alloy: atoms of the two constituents may replace each other with ...
. Brass mills are common in England; many date from long before the
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going f ...
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;Examples of brass mills include:
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Brassmill (Ross on Wye)
A brass mill is a mill which processes brass. Brass mills are common in England; many date from long before the Industrial Revolution.
;Examples of brass mills include:
* Brassmill (Ross on Wye)
* Saltford Brass Mill
See also
* Calamine brass
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Saltford Brass Mill
Saltford Brass Mill is a brass mill on the River Avon at Saltford, Somerset, England. It dates from the 1720s is listed as Grade II* and is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
There was a watermill on the site at the time of the Domesday Book an ...
See also
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Calamine brass Calamine brass is brass produced by a particular alloying technique using the zinc ore calamine directly, rather than first refining it to metallic zinc. Direct zinc smelting appears to have been unknown in Europe until the mid-18th century, even th ...
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Latten
Historically, the term "latten" referred loosely to the copper alloys such as brass
or bronze
that appeared in the Middle Ages and through to the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Such alloys were used for monumental brasses, in decorative effect ...
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William Champion
Further reading
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Metallurgical facilities
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