M ETALLURGISTS haye long tried to melt brass suct;essfuHy , within the electric fUnlace. Such a methOd of melt ' ing offers tremendous <ldvantages over' the more conventional , ,' fuel-heated ' furnaces 'The electric method effects a gpeat ' sav ing of zinc and a product of high quality entirely free from ,o�ygen ' �nd sulphp"r. ASi.de from this, the . electric .'method also lIIakes it possible to handle :la�ge .cbarg�s. It is only recently that a successful electric furnace for melting brass

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