62 J. F. Tennant—Experiments [No. 1, 
1,00,000 Rupees should weigh 1,00,000 tolahs, 
37,500 ounces Troy. 
2,571°4296 Pounds = 1:14796 Tons. 
Fs 1,166:3811 kilograms. 
The Melter receives his silver in bars and lumps, and also as scissel and 
rejected blanks and coins. The portions for each pot and its proportion 
of copper are separately delivered. His results are— 
1st.—Ingots which can be weighed as soon as cleaned. 
2nd.—Chippings from the bars and spillage which require to be clean- 
ed before weighment: usually next morning. 
3rd.—Ends of ingots and pieces cut off before delivery to the lamina- 
tor as not being fit for straps. 
4th.—He has drosses and sweep which contain more or less silver 
and of which the value cannot be known till later. 
The following table shows the results obtained in this department from 
these experiments, as to which it must be noted, that while the metal is ac- 
curately weighed to the Melter, the future weighments are less accurate until 
it takes the form of coin, for it would be impossible to give the same time 
and care to weighments which are mere checks that are necessarily given 
to the more important ones; or to use balances for them as delicate. 
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Outturn. 
Melting | Weight given Approximate 
No. to Melter. Loss. 
Good Ingots. | Heads and | Particles. 
Pieces, 
Tolahs. Tolahs. Tolahs. Tolahs. Tolahs. 
89 119,447°0 118,908°8 0 461°2 770 
92 125,148-0 124,573°6 0 505-4 69:0 
93 125,121'0 124,667°8 0 8575 95°7 
94 125,076°0 124,557°8 0 426°8 91°4 
95 125,090°0 124,642'6 4:0 388-0 55'4 
96 125,133'0 124,676°8 ) 387°4 68:8 
97 124,023'3 1238,114°8 103:0 7545 51:0 
98 124,530°0 123,496°4 531:0 442°4 f 60:2 
114 125,434:0 124,691°2 280°0 3866°2 96°6 
115 125,973'0 125,480°4 0 423°9 68:7 
Sums. 1,244,975°3 1,2388,810'2 918:0 46133 | 733'8 
0°36252 0°05894 
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