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Isaac Babbitt

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Isaac Babbitt (born 26 July 1799 in Taunton, Massachusetts, died 26 May 1862 in Somerville, Massachusetts) was an American inventor.

1839 Invented a low-friction tin-based alloy, Babbitt metal, that is still used extensively in engine bearings today. More widely known in the UK as white metal. The alloy had eight parts regulus of antimony (regulus means the pure, refined metal), four parts copper and ninety-six parts of tin (sic)[1] although many other soft alloys used for lining bearings came to be known by this name.

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  1. ↑ The Engineer 1900/03/02
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