Babbitt's metal

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See babbitt metal.

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Babbitt's metal (countable and uncountable, plural Babbitt's metals)

  1. Rare form of babbitt metal.
    • 1878 April, William D. Marks, “Crank Pins and Journals”, in Journal of the Franklin Institute, page 234:
      The supposed superiority of brass or Babbitt's metal lined boxes over iron boxes, in positions very liable to heating, lies in their greater softness and conductivity for heat.
    • 1897, Aluminum World, page 29:
      In 1839 Isaac Babbitt, a goldsmith of Boston, Mass., discovered the alloy known as Babbitt's metal which is used the world over in bearings of machinery.
    • 1899, “Importance of Good Bearing Metals”, in The Foundry, page 130:
      So-called Babbitt's metals made principally of lead, and weighing six ounces per cubic inch, are dear at any price, when compared with the tin Babbitt's metals which weight but 4¼ ounces per cubic inch, and never heat or cut journals.

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