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The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum Brosimum Aubletii found in Guiana so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics also called snakewood and leopardwood It is much used for bows and for walking sticks...
Neurocord
A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids like the earthworm...
nerve
One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers with the accompanying tissues which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body...
VerbarModulus
A quantity or coefficient or constant which expresses the measure of some specified force property or quality as of elasticity strength efficiency etc a parameter...
Mica
The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage so that they readily separate into very thin leaves more or less elastic They differ widely in composition and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black The transparent forms are used in lanterns the doors of stoves etc being popularly called isinglass Formerly called also cat silver and glimmer...
Manograph
An optical device for making an indicator diagram for high speed engines It consists of a light tight box or camera having at one end a small convex mirror which reflects a beam of light on to the ground glass or photographic plate at the other end The mirror is pivoted so that it can be moved in one direction by a small plunger operated by an elastic metal diaphragm which closes a tube connected with the engine cylinder It is also moved at right angles to this direction by a reducing motion called a reproducer so as to copy accurately on a smaller scale the motion of the engine piston The resultant of these two movements imparts to the reflected beam of light a motion similar to that of the pencil of the ordinary indicator and this can be traced on the sheet of ground glass or photographed...
Isotropy
Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a body absence of all kinds of polarity specifically equal elasticity in all directions...
lemonwood
hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree used for making bows and fishing rods...
Lancewood
A tough elastic wood often used for the shafts of gigs archery bows fishing rods and the like Also the tree which produces this wood Duguetia Quitarensis a native of Guiana and Cuba and several other trees of the same family Anonaseaelig...
Kamptulicon
A kind of elastic floor cloth made of India rubber gutta percha linseed oil and powdered cork...
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