soft iron
Britishnoun
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Hard became soft, iron became glass, out turned to in; categories existed only to be subverted.
From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2010
Hefty Andy Langhammer, head of Chrysler's Amplex Division, announced that his workmen were making tool steel from soft iron rust.
From Time Magazine Archive
The signals by which messages are received and read by the ear are produced by a bar of soft iron striking upon a steel point placed between two coils of wire.
From The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone by Tombs, Robert Charles
The effect of the former can be counteracted by magnets suitably placed near the compass, that of the latter by spheres of soft iron.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
The clerk in London awakens the attention of the clerk in Edinburgh by turning a piece of soft iron placed near to the latter into a magnet for a few seconds.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)
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