nickel steel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nickel steel
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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In the wake of the four-inch and the machine guns, the ship's side will be armored with four-inch and two-inch nickel steel plates.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by J. M. (John Marcus) Dickey
The crank-shaft is machined from the highest grade chrome nickel steel, heat treated in order to obtain the best properties of this material.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
The piston pin is made of chrome nickel steel, bored hollow and hardened.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
In the built-up construction the head is usually of high nickel steel or cast iron, which metals possess good heat-resisting qualities.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
On the high land between Point Lobos and Fort Point are two 12-inch and two 10-inch rifles in Grueson turrets, the armor consisting of eighteen inches of Harveyized nickel steel.
From Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 by Various
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