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There is of course one thing here that isn’t 15th century technology! Aluminum, which was unavailable before the early 20th century. Brass or silver are bette
by bodhiandphysics 4y ago
There is of course one thing here that isn’t 15th century technology! Aluminum, which was unavailable before the early 20th century. Brass or silver are better choices (or silver plate on brass)
- kragen 4y agolate 19th early 19th, as a powder
- bodhiandphysics 4y agoAt extreme cost
- kragen 4y agoyeah, brass or speculum metal (a high-tin bronze) were much more practical options until the late 19th century when aluminum became cheap
- 082349872349872 4y agoeven in the early 01900s aluminium was apparently much more expensive than now; an ex of mine had inherited a set of "silverware" that was aluminium and had been originally been bought as conspicuous consumption. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aluminium#/media/File:Aluminium_-_historical_price_per_ton_(nominal,_real).svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aluminium#/media/Fi...