Constantin‘, also known as ‘Eureka wire‘, is the trade-name for a copper-nickel alloy (approx. 60:40 ratio) formulated in the late 1800s by Edward Weston.
The circuit shown in the question is an AND GATE. In an AND gate has two or more inputs but it has only one output. An input signal applied to a gate has only two stable states, either 1 (HIGH) or 0 (LOW). In AND gate for any input A&B the output is A.B.