Soil solarization. Follow these four steps to solarize your soil: cultivate and remove plant matter; level and smooth the soil; irrigate; and lay a clear tarp on the soil surface for 4 to 8 weeks, depending on local conditions.
Die casting is a manufacturing process that can produce geometrically complex metal parts through the use of reusable molds, called dies. The die casting process involves the use of a furnace, metal, die casting machine, and die. The metal, typically a non-ferrous alloy such as aluminum or zinc, is melted in the furnace and then injected into the dies in the die casting machine.
We know that the earliest guns were cast from non-ferrous alloys, and the colour (gilt) of the piece in the original of the illustration above indicates it was made of a metal resembling brass, possibly bell metal.