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单词 mannheim gold
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Mannheim goldn.

Brit. /ˌmanhʌɪm ˈɡəʊld/, U.S. /ˌmænˌhaɪm ˈɡoʊld/
Forms: 1700s– Manheim gold, 1800s– Mannheim gold.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Mannheim , gold n.1
Etymology: < Mannheim, the name of a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, where the alloys were first produced in a factory established in 1760 by an entrepreneur with the surname Macher + gold n.1Compare French or de Mannheim (1773 or earlier), German Mannheimer Gold (1787 or earlier).
Now historical.
Any of various gold-coloured alloys of copper, zinc, and tin used in making jewellery and ornaments.
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1785 T. Elliot tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Elem. Lect. Chem. & Nat. Hist. II. 82 Its varieties are, similor, pinchbec, Prince Rupert's metal, and gold of Manheim.]
1790 W. Nicholson tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Elements Nat. Hist. & Chem. (new ed.) II. 496 Its varieties are similor, pinchbeck, Prince Robert's [sic] metal, and Manheim gold.
1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 153 Orsedew, or Manheim Gold, is also called Dutch Gold, Dutch Leaf, and Dutch Metal.
1930 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 50 128 Brass-like alloys, including some of the alloys of copper, tin and zinc, used to-day under the names of ormolu, oroide, Mannheim gold, etc., were certainly prepared by the Greek alchemists.
2000 J. Thornton in T. Drayman-Weisser Gilded Metals xviii. 311 There were various names for these alloys, including Prince Rupert's Metal, Prince's Metal, Mannheim Gold, Bath Metal and Similor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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