The dilation of the air, by virtue of itselastic force, is found to be very surprising.
It is also so elastic when in a state of vapor, that it is capable of bursting the strongest vessels.
It may be remarked, that if the temperature of our atmosphere had been 212, or upwards, rain could never have fallen on the earth; for the water taken up by evaporation would have been converted into a permanently elastic fluid.
Sometimes the air is so heavy and elastic as to support the mercury in the tube at the height of 31 inches nearly; at other times it is so light and unelastic, as to suffer it to fall as low as 28 inches.
Thus the elastic matter allows the vessels to be distended to a certain degree, and also reduces them to a smaller size.
The force whichelastic agents are known to possess, when generated suddenly, and raised to a high temperature, answers this question promptly in the affirmative.
The inspired air at the same time is deprived of a part of its oxygen, which is the elastic fluid which commonly supports respiration.
Iron is of a livid blueish color, and one of the hardest and most elastic of all metals.
This has the same tough, elasticqualities as when spun by the animal itself, and is also composed of numerous fibers, as when a portion is taken that has been recently spun upon the nest.
And the same arrangement will serve for all seasons, if so managed that the elastic cord is not far from the middle of the telescope-tube; for in this case the range of motion is small compared to the range of the tube's extremity.
A knowledge of the elastic properties of solids is of importance in all branches of applied mechanics.
This law is found in practice to be true for metals within a certain range of stress which lies below the elastic limit.
For the elastic solid theory of the luminiferous ether, see Ether; for some practical solutions of the general equations of equilibrium, see Strength of Materials.
In the processes of riveting and wire-drawing, the material is purposely strained beyond the elastic limit, whilst the correct working of a spring balance requires that the spring should never be overstrained.
Consider an elastic body at rest and free from strain.
Once more The Gray Phantom's quick mind and elastic energies were about to reverse a seemingly hopeless situation.
And equally elastic and energetic were the curves of the calves and the feet.
The skin stretched across the knees hinted at the elastic energy that it covered.
How gentle and elasticher skin was under his hands!
They turned, and Zoe, with true virgin coyness, and elastic limbs, made the coming rain an excuse for such swift walking that Severne could not make tender love to her.
Then in a moment she passed the elastic under the sufferer's head, drew it over with the styptic between her finger and thumb, and crack!
The points at which an elastic trellis is fastened is felt when it is shaken, and the resistance of the wood when an axe is used on it.
Lotze has rightly called attention to the fact that in mounting a ladder with elasticrungs one perceives clearly the points at which the rungs are fastened to the sides.
The animal catches the insects on which it feeds by darting on to them its long elastic tongue and slinging them back into the mouth, glued to its sticky tip.
The lining cells of the digestive tube are cells of the inner layer, but the muscular and elastic coats are of middle-layer origin.
For these reasons, and in order to increase the power of resistance of a cylinder, it is necessary to obtain on the inner layer a state of initial compression approaching as nearly as possible to the elastic limit of the metal.
The maximum resistance of a tube or hollow cylinder to external stresses will be attained when all the layers are expanded simultaneously to the elastic limit of the material employed.
Footnote 2: We must, however, remark that in a built-up hollow cylinder the compression of the metal at the surface of the bore may exceed the elastic limit.
It has usually been found that the metal possessed a satisfactory elastic resistance, and satisfied all the conditions set down in the specifications.
Secondly, under the pressure produced by the discharge, all the layers do not acquire simultaneously a strain equal to the elastic limit.
Both produce a sound by reason of the rapid deformation and recovery of an elastic substance--in one case a convex membrane; in the other a slip of steel.
They are as flexible as two strips of elastic indiarubber.
His shoulders squarely set, and chest rounded out, tell of great strength; while limbs tersely knit, and a firm elastic tread betoken toughness and activity.
As Darke presents himself in the circle of searchers collected around it, the animal perceiving, suddenly springs towards him with the shrill cry of an enraged cat, and the elastic leap of a tiger!
There is an elastic band round them, and under the band an envelope with the crest of the countess upon it.
But the country was elastic after all, and a great reaction set in.
All bodies, possessing the propelling force within them, can guide themselves in anelastic medium.
Madame Thible, of Lyons, was the first of her sex who trusted herself to the elastic element.
These planes were made to strike the air at a given angle, instead of continually changing to suit the elastic medium, and in which respect the ordinary kite is a better flying machine.
The healing of pulmonary (lung) tuberculosis is shown clinically by the recovery of patients in whose sputaelastic tissue and bacilli have been found.
Make them so as to button all the way down the back, and they sometimes have an elastic or draw-string run into the hem at the bottom of the apron so that the white skirts may be kept clean.
The woman should lie down a good part of the time if possible, and also wear a perfectly fitting elastic stocking.
During the later months of pregnancy, when the abdominal enlargement is great, a linen or elastic bandage may be worn with great comfort, but it must be so put on as to support and not press upon the womb.
Elastic stockings, properly fitted, give much relief when the trouble is on the thigh and leg.
Nothing elastic should be placed between shoe and foot.
If instead of this elastic bed they were placed merely between the skin and the hard bones and tendons of the part, they would be injured by every slight bruise.
They form the basis upon which the back part of the wall is moulded, and being elastic permit a certain amount of movement in the posterior parts of the foot.
We have in fact a whole series of soft and elastic structures so arranged as to provide a mechanism best adapted to meet shock and to avoid concussion.
At the back part of the foot we have the wall thinner than elsewhere, we have the moveable andelastic frog, the lateral cartilages, and the frog-pad.
I have said the back part of the foot is elastic and yielding.
Being elasticand resting upon soft tissues, it is able to yield to any undue pressure and leave the firmer horn of the wall and bars to sustain the greater strain.
At each step when the weight of the horse comes on the foot the elastic rubber yields, the shoe is pressed closer to the foot, the nails are loosened, and when the foot is raised the rubber rebounds.
Injured and diseased feet may no doubt be benefitted by some elastic appliance which secures them from the jar of contact on a hard road.
The structure of this pad may be described roughly as consisting of a network of fibrous bands, having the interstices filled up with elastic tissue.
When an elastic or spring is applied it must be between the shoe and the ground.
Let us assume that we have an elastic vessel, representing in form an animal cranium, open at the base through an orifice corresponding to the occipital foramen.
Pagan mythology, in her vain but beautiful dreams, said that when all other divinities fled from the world, Hope, with her elastic step and radiant countenance and lustrous attire, lingered behind.
In waking visions of these lonely night-watches, how does the day of elastic vigour and unbroken health rise before us!
His conscience as a boy was of pretty elastic stuff.
The elastic boughs, bent from their position, sprang back with dangerous force, and would have fractured the skull of any one who came within their sweep.
Never were there more complete Centaurs than these Hamran Arabs; the horse and man appeared to be one animal, and that of the most elastic nature, that could twist and turn with the suppleness of a snake.
This is a game like real war, played against time, and played under circumstances of considerable excitement, and it is remarkable how elastic the measurements of quite honest and honourable men can become.
As far as my elastic theory goes, all I care about is that very ancient organisms (when different from existing) should tend to resemble the larval or embryological stages of the existing.
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