[SEL] Reid question

[John Culp]

They were commonly made of "German Silver," really a nickel brass. May 
have been real silver ones, too, I don't know, but I'd expect not as 
most silver alloys are both soft and low in melting point.

John

On Dec 12, 2004, at 10:05 AM, Germoamer at aol.com wrote:

> While rereading the December issue of GEM for the 4th time, I noted 
> some
> information on the Reid engine (pg 26) that got my curiosity up.  It 
> said that
> Reid sold a lot of "hot tubes" for replacement parts because they were 
> stolen
> from the engine to make rings out of silver.  Was some part of the hot 
> tube made
> out of silver and if so, how come?


John Culp
Bristol, Tennessee, USA