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A Lubricant for Brass Work

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MANY besides myself have probably been inconvenienced by the corrosive action of ordinary lubricants—lard, grease, &c.—upon brass and copper, which causes the plugs of stop-cocks to leak or get fixed in their places, and does much damage to air-pump plates.

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    H. G. MADAN

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MADAN, H. A Lubricant for Brass Work. Nature 34, 265–266 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034265e0

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