Tombac

Word TOMBAC
Character 6
Hyphenation tom bac
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An alloy of copper with zinc and sometimes other metals, used in making inexpensive jewelry. noun

One of the many names of brass; Prince's metal; Mannheim gold. noun

An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German brass or Dutch brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac. noun

Alternative form of tombak. noun

An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding noun

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Brass -- composition and uses -- Corinthian brass composed of gold, silver and tin -- (Encyclopædia) -- electrical amalgam, voltaic plates, pinchbec, prince's metal, tombac. ❋ Unknown (1819)

We know that there is found in India, not only copper ftriftly fo called, but zinc alfo, which being mixed with copper conftitutes brafs, pinchbeck, tombac, fimilor, and all the other metallic mixtures which refcmble gold in colour. ❋ Unknown (1785)

_tombac_, a precious sort of metal, which was valued at above 7000 ducats, and another cannon reckoned still more valuable on account of its curious workmanship. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

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