_To melt a Piece of Steel as if it was Lead, without requiring a very
great Fire._
Take a piece of steel and put it in a crucible; then throw in a handful
of antimony in powder: as soon as your crucible begins to be red, your
piece of steel will melt like lead.
Pour it afterwards into an earthen vessel, or a wedge-mould, to shew
the company your operation has succeeded as you had promised.
_Another Method of melting Steel, and to see it liquify._
Make a piece of steel quite red in the fire; then holding it with a
pair of pincers or tongs, take in the other hand a stick of brimstone,
and touch the piece of steel with it: immediately after their contact,
you will see the steel melt and drop like a liquid.