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Definition of Bearing metal
1. Noun. An alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bearing Metal
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. ..."