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Definition of Admiralty Metal

1. Noun. Alpha-beta brass containing tin; resistant to sea water; Admiralty Metal is a trademark.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Admiralty Metal

Literary usage of Admiralty Metal

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

1. Practical Helps for the Electric Railway Shop, Track, Power, Line and (1919)
"Admiralty metal contains 70 per cent of copper, 29 per cent of zinc and 1 per ... Any brass having as much copper as Admiralty metal consists of a single ..."

2. Industrial Engineering: A Handbook of Useful Information for Managers by William Miller Barr (1918)
"Admiralty Metal, CAST, OR COMPOSITION A NAVY DEPARTMENT 1. General Instructions.—General instructions or specifications issued by the bureau concerned shall ..."

3. Shipbuilding Cyclopedia: A Reference Book Covering Definitions of by J. L. Bates, Bibber Webster, Stephen McKay Phillips, Alfred Henry Haag (1920)
"Brass Admiralty Metal is a brass to which at least 1 per cent, ... The chemical properties of Admiralty metal are at least 70 per cent, copper, 1 per cent, ..."

4. Engineering Thermodynamics by Charles Edward Lucke (1912)
"Where C" is a cleanliness coefficient varying from 1.00 to .5; 1.00 for copper; .98 for admiralty metal; .97 for admiralty aluminum lined; .92 for admiralty ..."

5. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1921)
"B., WASHINGTON, DC (Philadelphia Meeting, September, 1919) THE casting alloy 88 copper, 10 tin, 2 zinc, commonly known in England as Admiralty metal and in ..."

6. A Text Book of Engineering Thermodynamics by Charles Edward Lucke, John Joseph Flather (1915)
"... Where C" is a cleanliness coefficient varying from 1.00 to .5; . is material coefficient = 1.00 for copper; .98 for admiralty metal; .97 for admiralty ..."

7. A Text Book of Engineering Thermodynamics by Charles Edward Lucke, John Joseph Flather (1915)
"... .98 for admiralty metal; .97 for admiralty aluminum lined; .92 for admiralty black oxidized; .87 for admiralty aluminium bronze; .80 for cuprous nickel; ..."

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