Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
bronze .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Metal.) A variety of bronze possessing great hardness, elasticity, and toughness, obtained by melting copper with tin phosphide. It contains one or two per cent of phosphorus and from five to fifteen per cent of tin.
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Examples
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Plastic bearings have long been used on the pistons to avoid the possibility of metal-to-metal pick up; however s.g. iron bearings were commonly used on both chrome-plated and phosphor-bronze plated rod finishes.
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Scrub away with powder solvent, patches, and a phosphor-bronze brush, and then polish all the little grooves and lands with J-B Non-Embedding Bore Compound.
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On the second bench stood a small, watchmaker's lathe fitted with a slitting-saw-a four-inch vertical disc of phosphor-bronze, its edge impregnated with diamond dust.
Modesty Blaise O'Donnell, P. 1965
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The framing, and, indeed, every portion not of phosphor-bronze or gun metal, is of steel, extraordinary precautions being taken to secure lightness.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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The pistons and connecting rods are of forged steel and phosphor-bronze.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 Various
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International Marine Communications Company. 1,300 feet of phosphor-bronze wire was stretched 12 feet above the ground on ten poles spaced equally along the full length of the wire which was earthed at the far end through a non-inductive resistor.
The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view Norman F. Joly
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These shafts, H and K, as above stated, run in taper phosphor-bronze bearings, which are adjustable for wear or other causes by the screw-caps, O.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 Various
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The two engines are identical in design, and are constructed of forged steel with the exception of the bearings, connecting-rods, crossheads, slide valves and pumps, which are of phosphor-bronze.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various
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The power is applied directly to the work, the only friction being that of the steel shaft in phosphor-bronze bearings.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 Various
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Gold has got to come down a good deal, or phosphor-bronze has got to go up a good deal, before it will pay us to turn gold dollars into axle-bearings and cogs and pinions.
The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier
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This elastic and durable alloy makes for great guitar strings.
December 16, 2010