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Definition of Tutania
1. Noun. (metallurgy) An alloy of copper, antimony, zinc and tin patented in 1770 by William Tutin, whose firm used it in commercial production of housewares. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tutania
1. a type of Britannia metal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tutania
Literary usage of Tutania
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Gudie for the Manufacture of Metallic Alloys by André Franccois Victor Guettier, A. A. Fesquet (1872)
"We here give a few of these compounds :— English tutania (white metal).
Copper 7 >Brasa 12 Zinc 3 j Tin 12 Bismuth 12 Antimony 12 48 The bismuth and the ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Spanish tutania, 8 oz. of scrap-iron or steel, 1 Ib. of antimony, and 3 oz.
of nitre. The iron or steel must be healed to a white heat, and the antimony and ..."
3. Mackenzie's Ten Thousand Receipts: In All the Useful and Domestic Arts by Colin MacKenzie (1867)
"tutania or Britannia Metai. Melt together 4 oz. of plate-brass and 4 ок. tin When
in fusion, add 4 oz. bismuth and 4 oz. regu- lus of antimony. ..."
4. The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical Display of by John Nicholson (1825)
"Spanish tutania.—No. 1. 8 oz. of scrap iron or steel, 1 Ib. of antimony, and 3 oz.
of nitre. The iron or steel must be heated to a white heat, ..."
5. The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical Display of by John Nicholson (1825)
"Spanish tutania.—No. 1. 8 oz. of scrap iron or steel, I Ib. of antimony, and 3 oz.
of nitre. The iron or steel must be heated to a white heat, ..."
6. The Engineer's & Mechanic's Encyclopeadia ...: The Machinery & Processes by Luke Hebert (1849)
"tutania, or Britannia Metal.—Four oz. plate brass, and 4oz. tin; ... Spanish
tutania.—Eight oz. scrap iron, or steel, 1 Ib. antimony, and 3 oz. nitre. ..."
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