This shrinkage amounts to about three-sixteenths of an inch to the rod, an item which is of considerable importance in the floors of high buildings, where the aggregate difference is very appreciable.
Some degree of annoyance is caused by neglect to consider this element of shrinkage in reference to the window and door frames, which should have a slight space above them allowing for such contraction.
This contraction is often the source of serious trouble in brick buildings with stone faces, the shrinkage of the brick imposing excessive stress on the stone.
Astronomers calculate that the above shrinkage of one mile all round would require fifty years for its completion, assuming, reasonably, that there is close and continuous relationship between loss of heat by radiation and shrinkage.
The best explanation that we have to-day of this continuous accretion of energy is that it is due to shrinkage of the sun's bulk under the force of gravity.
No perceptible shrinkage can, however, occur if the body is properly made and packed; and here is shown the vast superiority of the made body of well-wrapped tow over that made of loose cotton inserted in the skin, bit by bit.
In several examples seen, the latter are sometimes slightly channelled on the inside, but this may have been the result of shrinkage in the pith of the timber used and not intentional.
Thus a shrinkage in the volume of money is the prolific source of bankruptcy and ruin.
The men of whom I have spoken are undoubtedly the first who are likely to be affected by a shrinkage in the volume of money.
The letter went on to give illustrations of the enormous losses in capital during the last fifteen years, when the shrinkage began.
In the United States during recent years there has been a decidedshrinkage of land values in most of the country.
While individuals seeking profit in sale or rent of their farms may suffer in any such shrinkage of local values, it must not be forgotten that the total of rural welfare is not necessarily diminished.
If these results are plotted in the form of a curve the relation between the period of beating and the shrinkage in area is clearly shown.
In lofts of limited capacity the air is heated in order to hasten the process, but the best paper is allowed to dry naturally, as by this means the shrinkage is gradual and a maximum strength is attained.
For the first twenty hours the shrinkage is proportional to the period of beating, after which the curve assumes an irregular shape, showing a tendency for shrinkage to proceed at a faster rate.
The shrinkage of the paper after prolonged beating indicates a closer and denser sheet, so that for papers of equal thickness the weight per unit area was much greater in the case of the pulp beaten for the full period.
He points out that the well-known peculiarity of the shrinkage of ropes which have been lying in the water can be explained by an examination of the behaviour of the single fibres.
The latter had been due in part to the hard times, which had forced a curtailment of imports, with a resulting shrinkage in tariff receipts.
The creditor foresaw the shrinkage of his property, and feared it.
Rudski has also attempted to connect the shrinkage and age of the earth.
The heat generated in the process of the Sun's shrinkage under gravity, however, is so extensive as to maintain the supply during millions of years to come.
As a rule in slight cases nothing is to be found in the brain; in only a relatively few severe cases is there shrinkage of the cortex, generally of slight degree.
In paralysis there is most extensive shrinkage of the brain, so that the cortex is often reduced by one half.
Mesnet's case reminds one of the cases of occasional attacks of shrinkage of memory.
It is a matter of demonstration that an annual shrinkage of about 300 feet in the sun's diameter would liberate sufficient heat to keep up its radiation without any fall in its temperature".
It is further suggested by them that the most important factor in producing the stresses and strains is probably the shrinkage of the starch granules as their water content is reduced from, say, 40 to about 15%.
The top of the grain becomes indented, owing to the drying andshrinkage of the starchy matter; the character of the indented surface varies with the height and thickness of the horny endosperm.
Its situation and immobility, its pink colour, and the shrinkage under cocain, distinguish it from the mucous polypus of the nose.
Probably the best line to follow is to embed several tubes of radium in different parts of the tumour for several days, and when the resulting shrinkage of the growth appears to have attained its limits, the maxilla should be excised.
The shrinkage of cereal crops has been mainly responsible for the idea that Massachusetts is agriculturally decadent.
Parallel to this shrinkage was the decrease in ranging sheep (82.
Despite the heavy shrinkage in the Grand Army caused by a remorseless rush through a country wellnigh stripped of supplies, the Emperor sought to force on a general engagement.
And as, in spite of all that ingenuity can do, the competition of the cheaper races is certain to cripple our foreign trade, the trade unions will be obliged to provide for a shrinkage in their numbers.
The causes of shrinkage in population are the opposites of those which we have found to promote its increase.
Leaks seldom or never occur along the longitudinal seams, but the end shrinkage caused troublesome joint leaks.
This is accompanied by shrinkage and hardening of the mass.
This coating prevents shrinkage or mold on the surface of the cheese in transit.
This relative humidity is just below the equilibrium relative humidity of the cheese, hence permits a shrinkage of 2 to 4 per cent in the water-content of the cheese.
Rapid shrinkage with expulsion of whey takes place during the first few minutes of gentle agitation.
Higher humidities produce too rapid development of slimy coatings; too low humidity is indicated by drying, shrinkage and the growth of green molds on the surface.
