Welcome to the Nicholas County Circuit Clerk's Office. The Clerk of the Circuit Court is a full-time elective office as authorized by Article 8, Section 9 of the West Virginia Constitution. Circuit Clerks are elected for a period of six years and their duties, responsibilities and compensation are set by statute.
Brass is a metal alloy made of copper and zinc; the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties. It is a substitutional alloy: atoms of the two constituents may replace each other within the same crystal structure.
Any alloy, or mixture, of copper and zinc is called brass. Sometimes small amounts of other metals are also included. In ancient times, metalworkers did not know the difference between zinc and tin, which when alloyed with copper makes bronze. As a result, both brass and bronze were for a time believed to be bronze.