spelter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of spelter
1655–65; origin uncertain; akin to Middle Dutch speauter, German spiauter spelter
Example Sentences
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My readers need not that I remind them of the conduct of Gurney, Overend, & Co. with reference to the forged spelter warrants.
From About London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
The pipe is suspended vertically, flange downwards, and the spelter run in from the back of the flange.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
In making the truck and tender wheels of these early locomotives, the hubs were cast in three pieces and afterward banded with wrought-iron, the interstices being filled with spelter.
From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Baird, Matthew
Soldering at a red heat by means of spelter is called brazing.
From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard
For brazed joints, spelter or powdered brass is employed, and the flux is usually borax.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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