Welding
['weldɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weld
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Examples
- These antique guns were made by welding longitudinal bars of iron together and binding them by iron rings shrunk on while hot. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The bending of wire to form chains without welding the links has long been done for watch chains, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Steel wire is now tempered and annealed by electricity, as well as welding done, of which mention further on will be made. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In _welding_, the employment of electricity constitutes the most important departure. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The lap-welded barrel was standard until 1850, and he got together a battery of trip hammers for forging and welding his barrels. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- For electric welding a current of great volume or quantity, and very low electro-motive force, is required. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Four instances of personal danger may be noted in his own language: When I started at Menlo, I had an electric furnace for welding rare metals that I did not know about very clearly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Welding by Electricity, and Tempering and Annealing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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