aluminite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aluminite
Example Sentences
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We floated there like a derelict—dark, silent, save for the lapping of the water against our aluminite pontoons.
From Tarrano the Conqueror by Cummings, Ray
Built for this purpose in Great-New York, Grantline had brought his aluminite girders and braces and the glassite panels in sections.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Bates, Harry
The walls seemed to bulge outward with the pressure of the room, the aluminite braces straining and creaking.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Bates, Harry
The Erentz engineers claimed for their system a pressure absorption of 97.4%, leaving, in Grantline's case, only 2.6% of room pressure to be held by the building's aluminite bracers.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Bates, Harry
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