Its musical sound, when struck, corresponds with extreme precision to the perfect accord major of fa natural.
The sound of these stones is, in general, very much alike, but sets of eight stones have been collected which produce, when struck, a distinct octave.
Whales, when struck by the fishers, frequently escape and perish; the carcass then floats on the surface of the sea, until decomposed or eaten by birds and fishes.
It is similar to that of Fury Island and Mount Skyring, apparently metallic, with a sulphureous smell, when struck or broken.
The surface of the water, when struck by these gusts, is so agitated, as to be covered with foam, which is taken up by them, and flies before their fury until dispersed in vapour.
The buckets of the water-wheel, when struck by the impact of the stream, move forward and turn the wheel, together with the drum, whereby the chain is wound up and the balls expel the water through the pipes.
Also galena, when struck by a mallet or bitten or hacked with a knife, splits and breaks to pieces; whereas this silver is malleable under the hammer, may be dented by the teeth, and cut with a knife.
Five or six grains of sulphuret of antimony, with half its weight of chlorate of potassa, when struck with a hammer will cause a loud detonation.
The effect is that the oxalic acid unites with the oxide of mercury, and forms an oxalate of mercury, which, when struck with a hammer, produces a detonation.
The scintillation produced by the steel, when struckwith a flint, is of the same character.
Defn: Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck, exhales a fetid odor.
Baseball) Defn: A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground.
Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck, exhales a fetid odor.
Of heart, mind, spirit, in long cascades burst From Plymouth Rock, when struckby Freedom's rod!
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