1905–10; < Latin dūr ( us ) hard + alumin(um)
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We first built a two-inch chamber of duralumin and glass, with a diaphragm, actuated by compressed air, which could fully expand the chamber in five thousandths of a second.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 28, 2012
He fitted himself with a pair of four-pound, duralumin, flexible-jointed legs designed by the brothers Desoutter, one of whom also lost a limb in an air crash.
From Time Magazine Archive
The school is in a mountain-surrounded piece of desert, hot enough to fry the traditional egg on a glider's duralumin fuselage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sample: Oh, the sad, sad riot-squad men Withering away their finest years Like wintry shrubs under duralumin shields Beheiren's founder is Novelist Makoto Oda, 38.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Dave Barret said they were using a new duralumin alloy in the tubes."
From Sabotage in Space by Louis Glanzman
Meanwhile Heinkel may, if it wishes, use the certificates to help pay for purchases of Duralumin, rivets, engine parts.
From Time Magazine Archive
The whole engine-and-pylon assembly might have to be redesigned and manufactured with strengthened chrome steel, Duralumin and stainless steel fittings.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day last week seven tons of Duralumin "tractor," driven by a twelve-cylinder automobile engine, chugged into the surf of Guantanamo Bay and set out to sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Few sculptors can fashion of gleaming marble, glistening Duralumin and mellow bronze images of such refreshing purity as Hajdu.
From Time Magazine Archive
Duralumin is composed of about 85 per cent. of aluminum, 5 per cent. of copper, 5 per cent. of zinc and 2 per cent. of tin.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
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