| 单词 | german steel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGerman steel German steel n. now historical steel of a type made (originally or principally) in Germany; esp. (a) steel made directly from siderite; (b) steel made from wrought iron by cementation. ΚΠ 1744 C. Carroll Invoice 16 Feb. in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1926) 21 244 3 ffaggotts German or Square steel. 1798 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. May 65 The steel obtained immediately from the ore by simple fusion, is called natural steel. It is likewise distinguished by the name of German steel, because it comes principally from Germany. 1884 J. M. Swank Hist. Manuf. Iron 95 Steel produced by the cementation process is also known as German steel, because much attention as long given to its production by Germany. 1904 W. Crookes tr. R. von Wagner Man. Chem. Technol. 132 Steel is obtained..By the partial decarbonisation of pig-iron (rough steel, furnace steel, or German steel). 2001 R. B. Gordon Amer. Iron vii. 173 Although Americans experimented with steelmaking in bloomeries (as well as in fineries to make ‘German steel’), they had little success in making a useful product. < as lemmas |
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