type metal
an alloy for making printing types, consisting chiefly of lead and antimony, and sometimes small quantities of tin, copper, etc.
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Satisfactory grinding may be carried out by the use of copper or type-metal cones for the preliminary shaping.
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing | Bernard D. BolasAntimony is used as an alloy in type metal, pewter, and babbitt metals.
The A B C of Mining | Charles A. BrambleIt is used in the preparation of alloys with lead and tin for the manufacture of type-metal.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringertype metal, an alloy of antimony and lead, expands on solidifying to form the sharp outlines of good type.
Physics | Willis Eugene TowerLike other engravers, he began by cutting in type-metal, or engraving upon copper.
Forgotten Books of the American Nursery | Rosalie V. Halsey
British Dictionary definitions for type metal
printing an alloy of tin, lead, and antimony, from which type is cast
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