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spelter
spelter, n. (ˈspɛltə(r)) Also 8–9 speltre. [Corresponds to OF. espeautre, MDu. speauter, Du. and G. spiauter, LG. spialter, but the immediate source is not clear. Related to pewter.] 1. Zinc. (Now only Comm.) Also locally applied to various ores.1661 Boyle Certain Physiol. Ess. (1669) 194 Leaving a ...
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Spelter
Zinc–lead spelter
An inexpensive alloy that is easily cast and worked, spelter was used from the 1860s in the manufacture of candlesticks, clock cases Spelter is relatively soft and brittle.
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Spelter City, Oklahoma
Spelter City is a populated place within the city of Henryetta, Oklahoma. The word “spelter” is directly tied to zinc. One definition says spelter literally means zinc, especially in the form of ingots, slabs or plates.
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Spelter, West Virginia
Spelter is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. Spelter is north of Clarksburg. Spelter has a post office with ZIP code 26438. As of the 2010 census, its population was 346.
An early variant name was Ziesing.
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platin
platin, platen, platina alleged name of an alloy of copper and zinc: see quots.1790 W. Richardson Chem. Princ. Met. Arts 167 Platina, eight ounces of brass, and five ounces of spelter. 1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts Ser. iii. 16/2 For button brass, an alloy of 8 parts of copper and 5 of zinc i...
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Spelterville, Indiana
The community was named after the mineral spelter, which was once manufactured in the town.
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Amy Dillwyn
Following her father's death in 1892, Dillwyn inherited his spelter works at Llansamlet and his debts. Her father became a Liberal MP (1855–1892), and was the owner of the Dillwyn Spelter Works at Swansea.
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Chittening
for artillery shells on the site, which was farmland commandeered by the military for its closeness to Avonmouth docks and to the site of the National Spelter Company's chemical works (Spelter being zinc or a zinc alloy) in St Andrew's Road, Avonmouth, later the National Smelting Company.
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بيوتر
تشتق تسمية بيوتر على الأغلب من تحوير كلمة Spelter، وهو مصطلح يستخدم لوصف سبائك الزنك.
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William Champion (metallurgist)
He then experimented for six years to develop a process to create zinc – then known as spelter. When he started his experimentations, spelter sold at £260 per ton.
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John Horwood
He subsequently worked with his father at a local spelter, most likely the Hanham Spelter Works, but was laid off due to his bad behavior, including mischief
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Calamine (mineral)
By the late 17th century enough was known of metallic zinc to make brass solder directly by combining copper and spelter (zinc ingots). In 1738 a patent was granted to William Champion, a Bristol brass founder, for the large-scale reduction of calamine to produce spelter.
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Lucy Gwendolen Williams
The piece is made of the zinc alloy, Spelter, which was often used as a cheaper alternative to bronze.
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Hallbankgate
Limestone was quarried at the Silvertop Quarry, and there was a spelter works at Tindale which would process zinc and lead.
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White metal
See also
Britannia metal
Nickel silver
Pewter
Pot metal
Punchcutting
Spelter
Wood's metal
Zamak
References
Alloys
Bearings (mechanical)
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