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Lead ("manganese babbit") ingot, Syracuse Smelting Works (New York City), early 1900s, ex-unidentifi

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Lead ( manganese babbit ) ingot, Syracuse Smelting Works (New York City), early 1900s, ex-unidentifi
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Lead ("manganese babbit") ingot, Syracuse Smelting Works (New York City), early 1900s, ex-unidentified mid-1900s wreck off Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. 2080 grams. 8½" x 2¼" x ¾". This thin ingot of typical shape, its lightly encrusted surface showing logos and company name and location, is composed of a mix of lead (80.25%), tin (5.00%) and antimony (14.75%) known commercially as "manganese babbitt" (named after Isaac Babbitt, 1799-1863). Per the manufacturer's literature, "There is no bearing that covers so wide a scope of service as Manganese Babbitt. Easy to cast. Makes a solid bearing and is practically self-lubricating. Especially adapted for auxiliary pumps bagasse carriers, beaters, calendars, car axles, chemical agitators, clay machinery, conveyors, cotton-mill machinery, cottonseed oil machinery crystallizer drives, driving shafts, elevators, Fourdriniers, hoisting machinery, hydraulic presses, knitting machinery, light capacity pumps, light capacity pumps, light saw-mills, mixing mills, pulverizes, sausage grinders, saw mandrills, saw tables, shapers, woodworking machinery." From an unidentified mid-1900s wreck off Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, with original photo-certificate PC00032 from the salvors, pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 14 (lot 1678).