Definition of Bearing metal

1. Noun. An alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings.

Exact synonyms: White Metal
Generic synonyms: Alloy, Metal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bearing Metal

bearherd
bearherds
bearhound
bearhounds
bearhug
bearhugged
bearhugging
bearhugs
bearing
bearing(a)
bearing-down pain
bearing down
bearing false witness
bearing fruit
bearing metal (current term)
bearing on
bearing out
bearing rein
bearing reins
bearing up
bearing upon
bearing wall
bearing witness
bearingless
bearinglike
bearings
bearish
bearishly
bearishness

Literary usage of Bearing metal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... and the concentration of the saturated solution. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. BOSTON. MAY. 1897. THE ANALYSIS OF BEARING-METAL ALLOYS, ..."

2. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1910)
"The alloy is dissolved in aqua regia (as described below in the analysis of bearing metal) and the tin and antimony separated from the remaining metals by ..."

3. Text-book of the Materials of Engineering by Herbert Fisher Moore, Harrison Frederick Gonnerman (1920)
"Another bearing metal has the approximate composition, lead 80 per cent., ... Lead alone is too soft for a bearing metal, and the addition of antimony is ..."

4. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"bearing metal — (Pennsylvania Railroad) : Copper 77.0 Tin 8.0 Lead 15.0 BEARING METAL In the Journal of the Franklin Institute GH Clamer states that 1.3 ..."

5. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1903)
"ALLOYS USED FOR BEARINGS (WHITE BEARING-METAL). White metals as a rule contain tin as the chief constituent, but in other respects they differ greatly. ..."

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