Example Sentences for contraction. This contraction is slower, and more durable and important in its results. With a contraction of heart he plunged himself into the conversation. Without it the world monetary system would have entered phases of contraction much more readily.
Maximum operating temperature for Babbitt is 300Âº F. In motors 180Âº F to 190Âº F is considered running hot. Some turbine applications run as high as 225Â° F. Many technicians however, will set the alarm at 185Âº F and trip at 205Âº F. Melting temperature for common Babbitt varies from 350Âº F to 475Âº F.
Both Mitribah and Basraâs readings are likely the highest ever recorded outside of Death Valley, Calif. Death Valley currently holds the record for the worldâs hottest temperature of 134.1 degrees (56.7 Celsius), set July 10, 1913. But Weather Undergroundâs Burt does not believe it is a credible measurement: â[T]he record has been scrutinized perhaps more than any other in the United States,â Burt wrote.