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Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper,
usually with tin as the main additive, but sometimes with other
elements such as phosphorus, manganese, aluminium, or silicon. It was
particularly significant in antiquity, giving its name to the Bronze
Age. Bronze derives from the Italian: bronzo and, in turn, is perhaps
ultimately taken from the Persian word birinj ("copper"), it is even
believed that the word may have come from the Nordic word Brongru
(brown). Also used in Menorahs |