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Definition of Meltings
1. melting [n] - See also: melting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meltings
Literary usage of Meltings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... after about fifteen or twenty meltings. At the Royal Mint gold is melted in
crucibles about ю in. in height and 8J in. in diameter at the widest part. ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1855)
"I enclose you an account of some experiments that I have had made upon the strength
of iron as derived from repeated meltings. I did not commence upon these ..."
3. A Manual of Applied Mechanics by William John Macquorn Rankine (1877)
"The Effect* of Repented meltings on Cn't Iron have been ascertained by Mr.
Fairbairn. Up to and beyond the fourteenth melting the resistance to crushing ..."
4. Sketches of the Ecclesiastical History of the State of Maine: From the by Johathan Greenleaf (1821)
"And especially with what meltings of affection, with what humility and gratitude
have 1 heard him speak of the riches of God's grace to him, in particular, ..."
5. Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byronby William Brockedon by William Brockedon (1834)
"... or enters the caverns of ice, where fractures or meltings allow of such
examination ; there he will receive such impressions of its character, ..."
6. Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable George Canning by John Styles (1830)
"let me surre; the meltings, let me live upon the fruits of other men's industry,
and fatten upon the plunder of the public. ..."
7. Structural Iron and Steel: A Text-book for Architects, Engineers, Builders by Walter Noble Twelvetrees (1900)
"... condition is desirable for thin castings, the metal has the disadvantage of
being brittle. § (b) Effect of Repeated meltings.—Re-melting cast iron is ..."
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