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Definition of Bell metal
1. Noun. Bronze with 3 or 4 parts copper to 1 part tin; used in making bells.
Definition of Bell metal
1. Noun. A hard alloy of about three parts of copper to one of tin, used for making bells. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Bell metal
1. A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; used for making bells. Bell metal ore, a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron; the mineral stannite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Bell metal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"any two or more of such justices to cause such lead, iron, cop- " per, brass,
bell-metal or solder, to be deposited in the hands of " the churchwardens and ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1859)
"We may now consider the composition of bell-metal. It is so well known to consist
generally of from five to three of copper to one of tin, ..."
3. Chemical Essays by Richard Watson (1788)
"... in. tm-metal—'Statuary-metal— Bell-metal—Pot-metal, ... are gun- metal,
bell-metal,-pot-metal, ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1858)
"It is so well known to consist generally of from five to three of copper to one
of tin, that all the alloys of that kind are technically called bell-metal, ..."
5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"There is still a considerable import trade in cotton, spices, iron, copper, brass,
and bell-metal utensils ; but the rising mart of ..."
6. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1786)
"... Danger of Copper and bell metal in Pharmaceutical and Chemical Preparations,
By William Wizard, FAS Svf. is. Dilly. That a rough powder may abrade fome ..."
7. Chemistry by William Thomas Brande, Alfred Swaine Taylor (1863)
"BELL-METAL. 893 Cy. It combines with other metallic cyanides, forming a class of
... Bronze; Bell-metal. ..."
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