The basis for type metal is lead, a relatively cheap metal, that melts at 327 �C . or 621.5�F It is easy to handle and makes alloys with many other metals.
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Bronze was not the only type metal artifact found; in one of the tombs at Tell el-Far ah one of oldest pieces of " Iron " in the Levant was found.
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To meet the needs of wargamers for inexpensive but historically accurate miniatures, Scruby began casting figures made of type metal in 1955 and selling them from his shop in central California.
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The plunger would snap down into the pot with considerable force, injecting molten type metal into the mold at a high rate of speed to ensure the mold was filled before the metal solidified.
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Without such a mechanism, the result would be a " squirt " of molten type metal spraying out through the gaps between the matrices, creating a time consuming mess and a possible hazard to the operator.
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:The Lewis chessmen, which were made in Norway in the 12th century, depict knights and foot soldiers with the plain " bullet " type metal helm .-- Talk 14 : 50, 11 April 2012 ( UTC)
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The new materials industry, led by new type metal materials, organic functional polyer materials and materials surface engineering technology, takes a share of 65 % among the overall industry output of Kunming High Tech Industrial Development Zone.
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One characteristic of type metal that makes it valuable for this use is that it expands as it cools ( water, silicon and bismuth are other substances that expand on freezing ), keeping the accurate dimensions of letters.
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In this process, called stereotyping, the entire form is pressed into a fine matrix such as plaster of Paris or papier m�ch?called a flong to create a positive, from which the stereotype form was electrotyped, cast of type metal.
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What it looks like, in fact, is a small-town airport somehow transported to 1602 S . Main Street _ a collection of arched Quonset hut-type metal buildings with big sliding doors ( nonfunctional, it turns out ) and topped by a huge windsock.
