ebonite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ebonite
Example Sentences
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He brought with him an instrument which consisted of an ebonite stick to which were fastened two slips of gold leaf.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hycar makes an excellent ebonite, or hard rubber, when vulcanized.
From Time Magazine Archive
E, ebonite screen; F, focussing lens; G, shutter; O, condensing lens; L, Nernst lamp.
From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Martin, Marcus J.
Charge positively a brass ball held on an ebonite stem, and introduce it, without touching, into the canister.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
Very fine metal filings were enclosed in a tube of ebonite and connected in a circuit with a battery and a galvanometer.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth
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