. Bell telephone magazine . ms fill themoulds. The ingots begin to change^ color immediately. After they travela few feet, they are showered withwater. In five minutes time they change from a terrifically hot liquidinto cool, solid ingots of bronzeweighing 25 pounds each. Mining metals from the moun-tains of scrap material that flow intoNassau each year is as carefully con-trolled as the production of pri-mary metal. Nassaus inspectors,metallurgists, and chemists guard thequalitv of finished products. Noth-ing passes them until it meets theapproved metallurgical check the scrap
. Bell telephone magazine . ms fill themoulds. The ingots begin to change^ color immediately. After they travela few feet, they are showered withwater. In five minutes time they change from a terrifically hot liquidinto cool, solid ingots of bronzeweighing 25 pounds each. Mining metals from the moun-tains of scrap material that flow intoNassau each year is as carefully con-trolled as the production of pri-mary metal. Nassaus inspectors,metallurgists, and chemists guard thequalitv of finished products. Noth-ing passes them until it meets theapproved metallurgical check the scrap material beforeit goes into the furnaces; they controlthe refining operations to guaranteethe proper composition of the prod-uct; and, finally, they test all finishedproducts in accordance with the cus-tomers specifications. In the chemical laboratory, allkinds of devices are used to keepoperations going smoothly. Thereare usualh so many chemical opera-tions going on simultaneously that asystem of automatic timers and bells. Copper^ brass, lead, a)id even precious metals are recovered at Nassauthrough the refiyiing qualities of incandescent heat 264 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER is used. When a chem-ist affixes a loadedbeaker over a burner,he sets the the desired timehas elapsed, a bellrings. No guessworkhere. Every minutecounts. To save preci-ous time in handlinghot beakers, the labo-ratory uses containersmade of a special glasswhich can be raised toterrific heat and in-stantly cooled by wa-ter without shattering. No Interlude fro?n War to Peace In war and peace Nassau is jealous of time. With hardly the loss of a stride the Nassau plant changed over from tremendous war production to the mighty task of reclaiming scrap for whip up production of staple tele- the Bell System expansion program, phone raw materials like lead, solder, The 20-odd furnaces and dozens of copper wire bars, and ingots. The kettles and crucibles are still cooking output for the Bell System be
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