Isaac Babbitt
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Isaac Babbitt was in 1839 the inventor of a low-friction tin-based metal alloy, Babbitt metal
, that is used extensively in engine bearing
s today.
Babbitt metal
Babbitt, also called Babbitt metal or bearing metal, is any of several alloys used for the bearing surface in a plain bearing.The original Babbitt metal was invented in 1839 by Isaac Babbitt in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. Other formulations were later developed...
, that is used extensively in engine bearing
Bearing (mechanical)
A bearing is a device to allow constrained relative motion between two or more parts, typically rotation or linear movement. Bearings may be classified broadly according to the motions they allow and according to their principle of operation as well as by the directions of applied loads they can...
s today.