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Bell Metal


Today, we can see bells almost on all places of worship like in temples. Let us have a look on how bell metal was made long long ago.................

Given below is a slokha from Rasaratnasamuchchaya 8.37 and its translations...........




If bronze and a little Arsenic sulphide are mixed and heated in Vankanala ( an apparatus ), a part of Arsenic sulphide is lost and it forms a metal called Ghoshakrishta ( bell metal ).


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