ebonite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ebonite
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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
The charge produced on glass by friction with silk is called positive; that produced on ebonite by friction with flannel is called negative.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
At the farther extremity is an ebonite or boxwood collar ending in a rather wider metal ring.
From Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men by S. R. Bottone
If now a glass rod be electrified by friction with silk, it will be found that it attracts the suspended electrified ebonite rod.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
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