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Definition of Red brass
1. Noun. Brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Brass
Literary usage of Red brass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elasticity and Resistance of the Materials of Engineering by William Hubert Burr (1903)
"Bauschinger.s Experiments with Copper and red brass. Prof. Bauschinger extended
his experiments on the repeated application of stress so as to cover not ..."
2. The Elasticity and Resistance of the Materials of Engineering by William Hubert Burr (1903)
"The red brass specimens were turned to about one inch in diameter and 16 inches
long. They gave ultimate tensile resistances, in pounds per square inch, ..."
3. The Elasticity and Resistance of the Materials of Engineering by William Hubert Burr (1883)
"The red brass specimens were turned to about one inch in diameter and 16 ...
With one exception, in the second case of red brass, the elastic limit and ..."
4. The Elasticity and Resistance of the Materials of Engineering by William Hubert Burr (1903)
"The red brass specimens were turned to about one inch in diameter and 16 inches
long. They gave ultimate tensile resistances, in pounds per square inch, ..."
5. The Elasticity and Resistance of the Materials of Engineering by William Hubert Burr (1911)
"The red brass specimens were turned to about one inch in diameter and 16 inches
long. They gave ultimate tensile resistances, in pounds per square inch, ..."
6. Scrap Metals: Study of Iron and Steel Old Material, Its Preparation and Markets by George Henry Manlove, Charles Vickers (1918)
"In the utilization of secondary metals red brass scrap is high grade material;
but to use it to the best advantage it should be picked over by someone ..."
7. Chemical Experiments: Illustrating the Theory, Practice, and Application of by George William Francis (1850)
"Tombac of Europe, or red brass,— From 8 to 10 parts copper to 1 of zinc. 545.
Fine brass.—2 parts copper to 1 zinc. 546. Manheim gold. ..."
8. The Metallic Alloys: A Practical Guide for the Manufacture of All Kinds of by Alfred Krupp, Andreas Wildberger, William Theodore Brannt (1888)
"red brass. WITH an increase in the content of copper the color of brass changes,
... The color of red brass being more agreeable to the eye than that of ..."
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