brass mill

Italian translation: Brass Mill Center

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English term or phrase: brass mill
Italian translation:Brass Mill Center
Entered by: Lucrezia Amedeo

17:31 Jun 4, 2010
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English term or phrase: brass mill
Located in a renovated brass mill, XXX, The XXX Museum, traces the history of the company from its beginning as XXX in the 1850s.

Si tratta di un'azienda di orologi.

grazie
alby
Italy
Local time: 13:11
Brass Mill
Explanation:
Credo sia questo, Brass Mill Common shopping center

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timexpo_Museum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Mill_Center
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Lucrezia Amedeo
Italy
Local time: 13:11
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2fabbrica di ottone
Francesco Badolato
3 +1mulino per la lavorazione del rame
zerlina
4fabbrica/stabilimento per la lavorazione dell'ottone
filippoc
2Brass Mill
Lucrezia Amedeo


  

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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mulino per la lavorazione del rame


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassmill:
In the 17th Century there were at least two watermills for converting brass into wire by drawing it through dies and Gloucester's importance as a pin making centre no doubt provided the market, the raw brass probably coming from Bristol.



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Note added at 51 mins (2010-06-04 18:23:01 GMT)
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o forse: ottone

zerlina
Italy
Local time: 13:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 22

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  saraceratto
31 mins
  -> grazie Sara!

neutral  filippoc: copper is rame, brass is ottone :-)
1 hr
  -> sì Filippo, vedi la nota. L'ottone è cmq una lega di rame e zinco.
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Brass Mill


Explanation:
Credo sia questo, Brass Mill Common shopping center

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timexpo_Museum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Mill_Center

Lucrezia Amedeo
Italy
Local time: 13:11
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 16
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grazie
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fabbrica di ottone


Explanation:
"Mill" oltre a significare mulino é anche sinonimo di "factory".

Francesco Badolato
Italy
Local time: 13:11
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 564

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  zerlina: certo, anche se una volta c'erano anche mulini. Poi è finito a fare da nome proprio a shopping centers.
20 mins
  -> Grazie Zerlina :)

agree  Shera Lyn Parpia: si dice anche steel mill, per esempio.
10 hrs
  -> Grazie Shera :-)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fabbrica/stabilimento per la lavorazione dell'ottone


Explanation:
peccato non si possa dire "ottonificio" :-)

filippoc
United States
Local time: 07:11
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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