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Definition of Packfong
1. n. A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.
Definition of Packfong
1. Noun. (alternative form of paktong) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Packfong
1. paktong [n -S] - See also: paktong
Medical Definition of Packfong
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Packfong
Literary usage of Packfong
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission: With Appendix by Ontario Royal Nickel Commission, George Thomas Holloway (1917)
"packfong An alloy composed of these three metals was known in early times in China,
... The word is usually written packfong, which may now be taken as the ..."
2. The Metallic Alloys: A Practical Guide for the Manufacture of All Kinds of by Alfred Krupp, Andreas Wildberger, William Theodore Brannt (1888)
"The genuine packfong, the original nickel alloy introduced from China, contains
sometimes as much as three per cent. of iron. ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1917)
"packfong An alloy composed of these three metals was known in early times in ...
packfong seems to have been recognized as a triple copper-nickel-zinc alloy ..."
4. The Practical Brass & Iron Founder's Guide: A Concise Treatise on the Art of by James Larkin (1853)
"THE CHINESE packfong,* ACCORDING to Dr. Fyfe's analysis, is said to consist of
40.4 parts of copper "If 6 oz. 7 dr. full. 25.4 " zinc I equiva-J 4 oz. ..."
5. Medical, Matrimonial, and Scientific Expositor: Giving the Most Important by Jefferson B. Fancher (1867)
"CHINESE packfong. — Take of copper 6 ounces 7 drachms, zinc 4 ounces 1 drachm,
nickel 5 ounces 1 drachm, about; iron, about 7 drachms. ..."
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