TABLE I.--ANALYSES OF ANCIENT AMERICAN BRONZES
--------------------------+---------+-----------------+-------+-----+-----+ Object. |Locality.| Observer. |Copper.| Tin.|Iron.| --------------------------+---------+-----------------+-------+-----+-----+ 1 Chisel from Silver Mines|Cuzco |Humboldt |94.0 |6.0 | | 2 Chisel „ „ |Cuzco |Dr. J. H. Gibbon |92.385 |7.615| | 3 Knife „ „ |Atacama |J. H. Blake, Esq.|97.870 |2.130| | 4 Knife | | Ditto |96.0 |4.0 | | 5 Crowbar |Chili |Dr. T. C. Jackson|92.385 |7.615| | 6 Knife |Amaro |Dr. H. Croft |95.664 |3.965|0.371| 7 Perforated Axe | | Ditto |96.0 |4.0 | | 8 Personal Ornament |Truigilla|T. Ewbank, Esq. |95.440 |4.560| | 9 Bodkin from Female Grave| | Ditto |96.70 |3.30 | | --------------------------+---------+-----------------+-------+-----+-----+
TABLE II.--ANALYSES OF ANCIENT EUROPEAN BRONZES
----------------+--------------+----------------+-------+-----+-----+----- Object. | Locality. | Observer. |Copper.|Tin. |Lead.|Iron. ----------------+--------------+----------------+-------+-----+-----+----- 1 Lituus |Lincolnshire |Dr. G. Pearson, | 88.0 |12.0 | | | | F.R.S., Phil. | | | | | | Trans. | | | | 2 Anglo-Roman | | Ditto ditto | 86.0 |14.0 | | Patellae | | | | | | 3 Spear-Head | | Ditto ditto | 86.0 |14.0 | | 4 Scabbard |Danish? | Ditto ditto | 90.0 |10.0 | | 5 Axe-Head |Ireland | Ditto ditto | 91.0 | 9.0 | | 6 Axe-Palstave |Cumberland | Ditto ditto | 91.0 | 9.0 | | 7 Axe-Head | | Ditto ditto | 88.0 |12.0 | | 8 Bronze Vessel|Cambridgeshire|Professor Clark,| 88.0 |12.0 | | | | M.D. | | | | 9 Sword |France |Mongez, Mémoires| 87.47 |12.53| | | | de l’Institut | | | | 10 Caldron |Berwickshire |G. Wilson, M.D.,| 92.89 | 5.15| 1.78| | | Prehist. | | | | | | Ann. Scot. | | | | 11 Sword |Duddingstone | Ditto ditto | 88.51 | 9.30| 2.30| 12 Kettle |Berwickshire | Ditto ditto | 88.22 | 5.63| 5.88| 13 Axe-Head |Mid-Lothian | Ditto ditto | 88.5 |11.12| 0.78| 14 Caldron |Duddingstone | Ditto ditto | 84.8 | 7.19| 8.53| 15 Palstave |Fifeshire | Ditto ditto | 81.19 |18.31| 0.75| 16 Sword |Ireland |Professor Davy, | 88.63 | 8.54| 2.83| | | Prehist. | | | | | | Ann. Scot. | | | | 17 Sword | | Ditto ditto | 83.50 | 5.15| 8.35| 3.0 18 Sword |Thames |J. A. Phillips, | 89.69 | 9.58| | 0.33 | | F.G.S., &c. | | | | 19 Sword |Ireland | Ditto | 85.62 |10.02| | 0.44 20 Celt | | Ditto | 90.68 | 7.43| 1.28| 21 Axe-Head | | | 90.18 | 9.81| | 22 Axe-Head | | Ditto | 89.33 | 9.19| | 0.33 23 Celt | | Ditto | 83.61 |10.79| 3.20| 0.58 24 Celt |King’s County,|Dr. Donovan, | 85.23 |13.11| 1.14| | Ireland | Chem. Gazette | | | | 25 Drinking-Horn| | | 79.34 |10.87| 9.11| 26 Bronze Vessel|Ireland |Mr Gibbon, | 88.0 |12.0 | | | | U.S. Mint | | | | 27 Wedge | | Ditto | 94.0 | 5.9 | | 0.1 ----------------+--------------+----------------+-------+-----+-----+-----