Vanadium is a steel-hardening agent used for armor-plating in warplanes and weaponry. ❋ Ann Cummins (2010)
Ronnie Barrett is best known for the invention and civilian marketing of the 50 caliber sniper rifle: a military weapon used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan that can penetrate armor-plating from a mile away and down airliners on take-off and landing, but under federal law is sold with no greater restrictions than a standard hunting rifle. ❋ Josh Sugarmann (2011)
And sarcasm, as CS Lewis put it, "builds up around a man the finest armor-plating ... that I know." ❋ Unknown (2010)
They should be engaged in institution-building, not armor-plating the clenched fists of African dictators. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The package, described by analysts as "economic armor-plating", is unlikely to be required in its entirety, but provides a buffer against unexpected volatility or currency speculation. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The current government announced "economic armor-plating" several months ago, including credit guarantees of some 23 billion dollars from the U.S. and international financial institutions. ❋ Unknown (2006)
At least the worsening crime wave is swell news for the armor-plating shops. ❋ Unknown (2007)
"When I do a job, I don't do it halfway, and I rather like armor-plating." ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1989)
(Compare the terrestrial octopus, which makes armor-plating out of calcium urate instead of excreting urea or uric acid.) ❋ Piper, H. Beam (1952)
Building at the Centennial the eight-inch armor-plating made by Cammell of Sheffield, tested in one case by nine spherical shots overlapping, making an indentation of 3.12 inches with balls from a seven-inch gun driven by thirty pounds of powder at a range of seventy feet. ❋ Various (N/A)
Until 1858, the navies of the world were wooden vessels, but, in that year, the French applied armor-plating to the steam frigate La Gloire, whereupon the British admiralty speedily constructed the 9200-ton iron steamship, Warrior. ❋ Unknown (1917)
He enjoyed, however, enormous advantages in every other respect, owing to the vastly superior resources of the North in marine engineering, armor-plating, and all other points of naval construction. ❋ William Charles Henry Wood (1905)
Japanese machine-guns, and although the shots from the latter were powerless to affect the walls and the armor-plating, still they worked havoc among the men. ❋ Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff (1903)
