The alloy used for this purpose is termed "spelter," and brass, zinc and tin are its usual components.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference

The second is "spelter," or soft fusible brass, and the third is an alloy of silver and brass called silver solder.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

The metal is known in commerce as "spelter" when in ingots, and as sheet zinc when rolled.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference

"spelter," which is really only finely granulated fusible brass, is used for brazing iron joints.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

Zinc ore, from which spelter is obtained, reached the price of.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference

Soldering at a red heat by means of spelter is called brazing.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

This hard spelter melts at about 1650° and is correspondingly difficult to handle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference

Copper wire may also be used for this purpose, the spaces being filled with melted spelter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference

The world's production of spelter in 1913 exceeded that of 1912 by 25,590 tons, or 2.2 per cent.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference

The heating may be interrupted when the spelter is observed to have melted into a continuous mass.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

The heat should be continued only long enough to cause the spelter to flow into place and no longer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference

The world's production of spelter in 1913 (the latest authentic figures obtainable) was 1,093,635 short tons.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference

This process resembles that last described, but instead of spelter an alloy of silver, copper, and zinc is employed.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

After coming from the spelter and being cooled by water, the wire is wound on suitable take-up blocks into finished coils.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference

It is somewhat risky to braze brass, which melts at a temperature not far above that required to fuse the spelter (brass solder).    From Wordnik.com.  [Things To Make] Reference

In the first place, spelter is merely rather soft brass, and consequently it often cannot be fused without endangering the rest of the work.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

The temperature is gradually raised to a bright red heat, when the spelter will be observed to fuse or "run," as it is technically said to do.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

As can be seen from the above figures, Germany has control of practically one-half, possibly now over one-half, of the world's production of spelter.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference

The hardest grade of spelter is made from three-fourths copper with one-fourth zinc and is used for working on malleable and cast iron and for steel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference

By distributing the spelter at the proper points along the rod it may be placed at the right points by turning the rod over after inserting into the recess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference

In fact all the processes there described may be applied equally to the case under discussion, the substitution of silver for spelter being the only variation.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

In case it is necessary to braze on the inside of a tube or any deep recess, the spelter may be placed on a flat rod long enough to reach to the farthest point.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference

A spelter suitable for working with copper is made from equal parts of copper and zinc, melting at about 1400° Fahrenheit, 500° below the melting point of the copper itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference

We shot 'em full of spelter, then went over it to spite.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse] Reference

Chemical elements What is spelter better known as? zinc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference

States produced over nine-tenths of the world's spelter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference

Zinc metal has commonly gone under the name of "spelter.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference

Swan heads and classical figures adorn this pair of patinated spelter vases mounted as lamps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

The buggy had pulled up close to a rough, broken, blistered cone of spelter stuff between ten and twenty feet high.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Notes] Reference

Spanish, Italian, and other ores were imported into the United States, and large quantities of spelter were exported from this country to.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference

Brazing electric heat and tools spelter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference

Zinc, spelter, or tentenegue, unmanufactured.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tariff of the Confederate States of America : approved by Congress, May 21, 1861 : to be of force from and after August 31, 1861,] Reference

3,000,000 tons, of lead over 1,800,000 tons, of spelter 2,800,000 tons, of tin 250,000 tons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration] Reference