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Definition of Lubricants

1. lubricant [n] - See also: lubricant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lubricants

Literary usage of Lubricants

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

1. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1910)
"Dry graphite, soapstone, and mica are sometimes used as lubricants, ... The coefficient of friction of such lubricants is high, and when economy of power is ..."

2. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1917)
"Dry graphite, soapstone, and mica are sometimes used as lubricants, ... The coefficient of friction of such lubricants is high, and when economy of power is ..."

3. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1913)
"lubricants AND LUBRICATION. 394. General. — The losses due to the friction of the working parts of machinery include considerably more than the mere loss of ..."

4. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"Some of these solid lubricants, as flake graphite or mica, ... Again, solid lubricants may be so finely divided as to enable them to be suspended in ..."

5. The Materials of Engineering by Robert Henry Thurston (1884)
"Thus, sperm oil is known by all experienced mechanics and by all dealers in oil to be one of the very best of known lubricants; but its high price precludes ..."

6. Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction by James Edward Homans (1910)
"ON THE NATURE AND USE OF lubricants. Of lubricants for Various Purposes.—One of the most important considerations in connection with the operation of a ..."

7. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"2 entitled "Memorandum on Cutting lubricants and Cooling Liquids and on ... (2) Cutting lubricants and coolants are used for the purpose of: (a) Cooling. ..."

8. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"Stiff lubricants vary in composition according to the uses to which they are ... lubricants for rolling mills should melt above 100° ; some are composed of ..."

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