Prince Rupert's metal

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a brass composed of from about 60 to 85 percent copper and about 15 to 40 percent zinc, used to imitate gold.

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Also called Prince's metal.

Origin of Prince Rupert's metal

First recorded in 1690–1700

The new claims present numerous big problems for Prince Andrew.
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The taste of metal cutlery after years of plastic can also taste funny.
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“Personal hotspots can get speeds of up to 60 Mb/s down, whereas hotel Wi-Fi can be as slow as 1.5 Mb/s,” Sesar said.
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And it would be hard indeed, if so remote a prince's notions of virtue and vice were to be offered as a standard for all mankind.
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At the end of the campaign the Emperor justly rewarded his lieutenant by creating him Prince of Wagram.
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You will follow the suite of my daughter to Spain, and you will become the bosom Counsellor of the wife of your Prince?
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Thereon the major-general took on himself to nominate Prince Eugne as Murat's successor.
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