Lexic.us

Definition of Hard rubber

1. Noun. A hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hard Rubber

Literary usage of Hard rubber

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"The voltmeters on the side of the room against a backboard with a heavy felt gasket, making the joint. The wires come out through hard rubber tubes sealed ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Charles Goodyear began the manufacture of hard rubber about 10 years after ... In 1851 when he made his famous exhibit in London, hard rubber items played ..."

3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1866)
"A hard rubber rod is placed within them, the length of one of the tubes, and fitting them so as to move somewhat freely from end to end. ..."

4. Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients by Henry Clemens Pearson (1918)
"hard rubber in its best estate is so valuable and perfect a product that it would ... To the popular mind, if they look like ebonite, they are hard rubber. ..."

5. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1880)
"But on using a piece of hard rubber or ebonite to shade the light, it was found that this apparently opaque substance did not entirely cut off the sound ..."

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