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aluminium bronze

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noun

  1. any of a range of copper alloys that contain between 5 and 10 per cent aluminium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A long tube covered with aluminium bronze lights when held in one hand—the other touching the terminal of the coil—quite powerfully.

From Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency by Tesla, Nikola

Alloys of copper with aluminium, though often nearly or completely destitute of tin, are known as aluminium bronze, and are valuable for their strength and the resistance they offer to corrosion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

Another, known as aluminium bronze, possesses great hardness and tenacity.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

Screens of different materials and with different orifices are used; the materials comprise wire cloth of brass or steel, tough Russian sheet iron, English tinned plate, and, quite recently, aluminium bronze.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)

I have had no experience with the aluminium bronze screen.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)

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