Corinthian BRASS

Corinthian BRASS, famous in antiquity, is a mixture of gold, silver, and copper. L. Mummius having sacked and burnt the city of Corinth, 146 years before Christ, it is said this metal was formed from the immense quantities of gold, silver, and copper, wherewith
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that city abounded, thus melted and run together by the violence of the conflagration.