Education
- Copper Production
- Copper Facts
- History of Copper
- 60 Centuries of Copper
- Introduction
- The Raw Material
- The Original Sources of Supply
- The Name "Copper"
- The Spanish Mines
- Other Roman Sources of Supply
- The Beginnings of Bronze
- Early Copper Mining in Britain
- Early Smelting Practice
- Mediaeval Sources of English Copper
- The Peak Years of British Copper Mining
- Older Sources of the Metal Abroad
- The Great American Expansion of Copper Mining
- Copper in Ancient Times
- Copper and Bronze in Ancient Greece and Rome
- Copper in the Middle Ages
- Monumental Brasses
- The Mediaeval Bell-founders
- Mediaeval Ordnance
- Brass Wire
- The Pin Trade
- Stained Glass Windows
- Tudor Weights and Measures
- The Great Mediaeval Bronze Doors
- Grilles, Gates, Tombs and Statues
- Weather-Vanes
- Enamelling
- China and Japan in the Middle Ages
- Copper in the Pre-Columbian Civilizations of America
- Early Bronze Casting in West Africa
- The Industrial Age
- The Welsh Process
- Growth of the Brass Trades
- Some More About Pins
- Invention of the Stamping Press
- The Great Inventor-Craftsmen
- Josiah Wedgwood
- Bolsover and Sheffield Plate
- Navigational Instruments
- Brass Clocks and Watches
- Copper Engraving Plates
- Architecture and the Fine Arts
- Development of the Copper Coinage
- The Old Horse-Brasses
- Copper and Brass in Ships
- Copper in Electrical Engineering
- Franklin's Lightning Conductor
- Cavendish
- The Voltaic Pile and its Consequences
- Faraday's Famous Ten Days
- The Widening Field
- The Development of the Dynamo
- The Electric Telegraph
- The First Submarine Cables
- The Atlantic Cable
- Electricity Generation and Supply
- Cadmium Copper
- The Telephone
- Electric Lighting
- Radio and Radar
- Copper in Modern Times
- Introduction
- Copper in the USA
- 60 Centuries of Copper
- The Statue of Liberty
- Copper & Kids
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Additional Resources
The CDA web site provides many other resources for people interested in learning more about copper and its alloys.
Take a look at Innovations - our on-line magazine.
Please also check out Copper In Your Home - a section dedicated to consumers, with a special section just for kids!
If you need metallurgical or properties information, take a look at the Standards & Properties section.
Please also take a look at our application specific sections if you are looking for information regarding plumbing, electrical, architecture, and other copper alloy applications.
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