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Bimetallic

Bimetallic meaning

Pertaining to the use of gold and silver to create legal currency. | More generally, consisting of two metals.

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He gave speeches, organized meetings, and adopted resounding resolutions that eventually culminated in the founding of the American Bimetallic League, which then evolved into the National Bimetallic Union, and finally the National Silver Committee.

They also discovered that their recently developed theory, which explained the exact sizes of experimentally synthesized Au nanoclusters, was also applicable to bimetallic nanoclusters, which have even greater versatility.

A problem with bimetallic standards was that the metals' absolute and relative market prices changed.

Bimetallic coins are sometimes used for higher values and for commemorative purposes.

Both these groups opposed Populist efforts to move the U.S. to a bimetallic monetary standard since this would have devalued the dollar and made investments less valuable.

Campbell was tasked with continuing the investigation into Stone's bimetallic cable, but soon abandoned it in favour of the loading coil.

More recent designs use the engine heat only indirectly: A sensor detects engine heat and varies electric current to a small heating element, which acts upon the bimetallic spring to control its tension, thereby controlling the choke.

Other uses Bimetallic coins minted by the Bank of Kazakhstan with silver ring and tantalum center.

Paul Studenski and Herman Edward Krooss, Financial History of the United States (2003) - Page 216 These were two instances were the United States attempted to establish bimetallic standards in the long run.

Safety NiMH cell that popped its cap due to failed safety valve A resettable fuse in series with the cell, particularly of the bimetallic strip type, increases safety.

Saipem now uses either zirconium stripper tubes, or bimetallic tubes with a titanium body (cheaper but less erosion-resistant) and a metallurgically bonded internal zirconium lining.

Stone's idea (1896) was to use a bimetallic iron-copper cable which he had patented.

Temperature control of the hot reference was either by an electrically heated, precision RTD controlled system or occasionally by a bimetallic controlled steam heater, (in hazardous areas).

The highest two denominations are bimetallic, being generally larger and thicker than the lower denominations.

The memorial shows a meridian line (line of constant longitude) in two metals to highlight Harrison's most widespread invention, the bimetallic strip thermometer.

The metals for the bimetallic coin would be lighter and thinner than those produced anywhere in the world.

The yellow brick road represents the gold standard and the Silver Shoes which enable Dorothy to travel more comfortably symbolizes the Populist Party 's desire to construct a bimetallic standard of both gold and silver in place of the gold standard.

Throughout 1860 to 1871, several attempts were made by the Treasury to establish the bimetallic standard by having gold and silver franc.