Note 16 — Chapter XXIV · COPPER, SILVER, AND GOLD
George Kamensky translation
Silver is very malleable and ductile; it may be beaten into leaves 0·002 mm. in thickness. Silver wire may be made so fine that 1 gram is drawn into a wire 2½ kilometres long. In this respect silver is second only to gold. A wire of 2 mm. diameter breaks under a strain of 20 kilograms.