nickel steel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nickel steel
First recorded in 1890–95
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Attempts were also made to increase the toughness of the back by the substitution of mild nickel steel for wrought iron.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
Thus by this system, steel 2340 would be a 3 per cent nickel steel with 0.40 per cent carbon; or steel 1025 would be a 0.25 plain carbon steel.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
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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