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Hoard of Bronze Axes from Windsor. 
among which is a ‘ socketed celt, Yorkshire/ This is as 
follows : — 
Copper 
Tin 
Lead 
Iron 
Nickel .. 
Silver .. 
Total 
Per cent. 
81*15 
12-30 
2-63 
trace 
0-13 
0-07 
96-28 
To this particular specimen Sir John adds a footnote as 
under : — 
In this case oxygen to the extent of 3-83 was present. 
The bronze had become so friable as to be easily pulverised 
in a mortar. Mr. J. Arthur Phillips writes about it as 
follows : “ When a freshly -broken fragment of it is 
examined under a low magnifying power, it is seen to 
consist of a metallic net-work enlosing distinct and 
perfectly formed crystals of cuprite, surrounded by a 
greyish white substance which is chiefly binoxide of tin. 
In this alloy, the nickel, silver, and iron are evidently 
accidental impurities, but the lead is no doubt an in- 
tentional ingredient/' The specific gravity after pul- 
verization is about 7-26 only/ 
It would seem, therefore, that occasionally impurities 
found their way into the bronze, with the results indicated. 
Mr. A. Leslie Armstrong (who, together with Mr. G. A. 
Garfitt, has drawn the various Bronze Age objects in the 
Hull Museum for the British Association Committee on 
‘ The Distribution of Bronze-Age Implements ') has given 
such detailed descriptions of these implements, that, with his 
permission, I am reproducing his drawings with this paper. 
This is done in order to illustrate the excellent work of the 
Committee referred to, which has already dealt similarly 
with over 4,300 British bronze implements. These various 
drawings and descriptions are made in indelible black ink on 
cards and catalogued by this committee. 
Mr. Armstrong has supplied copies of these drawings for 
the purpose of reproduction. 
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Among the Hull Museum Publications recently issued are : — No. 126, 
Catalogue of Love Tokens and other Engraved Pieces in the Hull Museum ; 
No. 127, Yorkshire Tramway Tokens, and Yorkshire Seventeenth Century 
Tokens ; No. 128, Quarterly Record of additions, No. LXIII., containing 
various reprints from The Naturalist, and No. 129, Andrew Marvell 
Tercentenary Celebrations at Hull. All are illustrated. 
Naturalist 
