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 Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)
The range has been increased by the perfecting of the structure of the guns, the use of nickel steel in the manufacture of projectiles, and the employment of smokeless powder of immense explosive force.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
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
With a view of testing the expansion of nickel steel, experiments have been carried out by allowing measuring rods to remain in warm water for some hours, according to The Iron and Coal Trades Review.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 by Various
Made of nickel steel, U bars, screwed together so as to take the pieces rapidly.
From Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 by Various
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