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Definition of Metallics
1. metallic [n] - See also: metallic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metallics
Literary usage of Metallics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fire Assay of Gold, Silver, and Lead in Ores and Metallurgical Products by Leonard Strong Austin (1907)
"Both the fines and the metallics are weighed separately. Either one of the following
... In the total quantity, determine the percentage of metallics. ..."
2. The Sampling and Assay of the Precious Metals: Comprising Gold, Silver by Ernest Alfred Smith (1913)
"The whole of the metallics yielded 0-0073 gramme, therefore : — 1-14x ...
Weight of gold in metallics . . . 0-0073 „ Total weight of gold in entire sample . ..."
3. Handbook of Milling Details (1914)
"If it be assumed that the metallics are homogeneous, the accompanying formula may be
... Let the weights of metallics taken out at successive crushings be ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Non-metallics.— Following are listed the more important members of this group.
The natural fuels include coal, peat, petroleum and natural gas. ..."
5. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores by John Percy (1880)
"He also weighs the " metallics" and records all the weights. He then takes the "
metallics " of the first sample and mixes them on a copper scoop with about ..."
6. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"800 = 2OO X 2 440 zog If metallics on screen give a bead of more than 2 gm, ...
Say fineness equals 950. coarse metallics contain 380 gm silver. ..."
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