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Bell metal  n.  A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; used for making bells.
Bell metal ore, a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron; the mineral stannite.






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... any proportions between the extremes of fifty parts of zinc and fifty parts copper, and thirty-seven zinc and sixty-three copper, will roll and work at a red heat, but forty zinc to sixty copper are the proportions preferred. Bell metal, such as is used for large bells, consists of 4-1/2 ounces to 5 ounces of tin to the pound of copper; speculum metal consists of from 7-1/2 ounces to 8-1/2 ounces of tin to the pound ...
— A Catechism of the Steam Engine • John Bourne



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