Definition of Tobin bronze

1. Noun. Alpha-beta brass containing tin; resistant to sea water; Admiralty Metal is a trademark.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Tobin Bronze

Tlingit
Tm
Tm cells
Tn
Tobacco Road
Tobago
Tobagonian
Tobey
Tobia fever
Tobiah
Tobias
Tobias George Smollett
Tobias Smollett
Tobias night
Tobin
Tobin bronze (current term)
Tobit
Tobler
Toblerone
Tobruk splint
Toby
Tocantins
Tocantins River
Tocharian
Tocharian A
Tocharian B
Tocharians
Tochigi
Tocqueville
Tocquevillian

Literary usage of Tobin bronze

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"Tobin bronze. —This alloy is practically a sterro or delta metal with the addition of a ... The following analyses of Tobin bronze were made by Dr. Chas. ..."

2. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1914)
"Tobin bronze Nut for Bolt lot 115. Final Overflow Valve Stein. Disc for 117. ... Tobin bronze Stud for Connecting Rod. Tobin Bronte Stud for 122 and 133. ..."

3. Handbook for Machine Designers and Draftsmen by Frederick Arthur Halsey (1913)
"Tobin bronze. Turned and straightened rods for various purposes where strength and resistance to corrosion are required; also for hot forging. ..."

4. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference-book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1898)
"Tobin bronze.—This alloy is practically a sterro or delta metal with »addition of a small ... The following analyses of Tobin bronze were made by Dr. Chas. ..."

5. The Practical Brass and Iron Founder's Guide: A Treatise on Brass Founding by James Larkin (1892)
"Tobin bronze. This alloy is practically a sterro or delta metal with the addition of a small amount of lead, which tends to render copper softer and more ..."

6. Oxy-acetylene Welding: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Practice of Welding by Samuel Wylie Miller (1916)
"Tobin bronze is somewhat more fluid, and while, in many cases, ... Tobin bronze is really a Tobin brass, as it consists mostly of copper and zinc. ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"Tobin bronze is used in marine work. An important group of copper alloys, in the manufacture of which a large amount of copper is used, ..."

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