Prince's metal


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Related to Prince's metal: Admiralty brass
(Old Chem.) an alloy resembling brass, consisting of three parts of copper to one of zinc; - also called Prince Rupert's metal.
(Bot.) See Pipsissewa.

See also: Metal, Prince

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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To mix 16 parts copper and 41/2 parts zinc makes Bath Metal, which is also known as Prince's Metal or Rupert's Metal.
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