The camera also sports a new easy-grip and specially robust "vulcanite" finish. From Wordnik.com. [Digital camera reviews, photography news and views] Reference
The taps in these tanks are best made of vulcanite. From Wordnik.com. [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference
Instead, she removed the vulcanite band from inside her left sleeve. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodhype]
India-rubber, becomes as hard as horn or wood, and this is the substance called vulcanite. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Trees at Elmridge] Reference
A greater proportion of sulphur, produces vulcanite, a hard black substance, resembling jet. From Wordnik.com. [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference
The powder for larger guns is of a yellowish colour, almost translucent, and almost as hard as vulcanite. From Wordnik.com. [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference
The reels which we consider best are made of bronzed metal and vulcanite: they are light, and stand a lot of wear. From Wordnik.com. [Scotch Loch-Fishing] Reference
It is almost needless to remark that the disk, D, and the pin, E, are composed of insulating material, such as vulcanite. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885] Reference
Dr. Fowler, of Yarmouthport, Mass., obtained patents for its combination with vulcanite as applied to dentistry and other uses. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882] Reference
Now, if for instance a plate of vulcanite is interposed, it cuts off and absorbs a part of the radiant heat emitted by D, and thus a fall is produced in the thermometer reading. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883] Reference
Glass, vulcanite, and porcelain are very good insulators for this reason. From Wordnik.com. [The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told] Reference
These glasses are mounted in handsome vulcanite frames, and are very compact. From Wordnik.com. [Stamp Collecting as a Pastime] Reference
"Whew!" said Corks, stiffening up to get all the tickle of the big vulcanite scraper. From Wordnik.com. [The Day's Work - Volume 1] Reference
Lord Peter seized the receiver, and yelled into it a "Hullo!" that might have cracked the vulcanite. From Wordnik.com. [Whose Body]
There was a little desk, a pair of receivers fastened to a headpiece, and a small vulcanite transmitter. From Wordnik.com. [Jack O' Judgment] Reference
With the aid of the dentist a plate of vulcanite or gold is fitted to the teeth and kept in position by suction. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Oleron's black vulcanite comb, and each of its downward movements was accompanied by a silky and crackling rustle. From Wordnik.com. [Widdershins] Reference
He nodded aft at a web of wire-coils, vulcanite levers and brass keys, standing beneath a wooden shelter in the stern. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Trick] Reference
It consisted of a short vulcanite handle, from which extended two flat steel supports, terminating in vulcanite ear-plates. From Wordnik.com. [The Green Rust] Reference
I feel with you, dear reader, as I do with a deaf-man when he pushes his vulcanite ear, his listening machine, towards my mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Fantasia of the Unconscious] Reference
In The Lancet of December 10, 1881, there is an account of a vulcanite tooth-plate which was swallowed and passed forty-two hours later. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
To speak through a taxi tube one must hold up the mouthpiece, and that mouthpiece is usually made of vulcanite or some similar substance. From Wordnik.com. [The Pit Prop Syndicate] Reference
A vulcanite or other strip is easily affected by differences of temperature, expanding and contracting by reason of the minutest changes. From Wordnik.com. [Edison, His Life and Inventions] Reference
The outside has also been reworked with a vulcanite-style finish that preserves the rest of the shell without altering the vintage looks. From Wordnik.com. [Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks] Reference
Two thimbles should be used, one on each hand, and the best are old silver or gold ones, with all the roughness worn off, or ivory or vulcanite. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Embroidery] Reference
This instrument can also be used to indicate minute changes of moisture in the air by substituting a strip of gelatine in place of the vulcanite. From Wordnik.com. [Edison, His Life and Inventions] Reference
This causes the vulcanite strip to press more or less upon the carbon button, and thus produces the desired change in the resistance of the circuit. From Wordnik.com. [Edison, His Life and Inventions] Reference
It comes in one-half-ounce boxes, filled with sheets less than two inches square; the thin ones are used for filling, and the thick ones make good linings for vulcanite. From Wordnik.com. [Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth] Reference
How poor soever she may be, she must hang herself about with ornaments made of painted wood, glass, or vulcanite; she must break out into spangles and beads and chains and. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868)] Reference
1¼ inches deep, containing a circular vulcanite shutter with two apertures, behind which is placed a circular dry plate. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886] Reference
"And what is vulcanite?" asked Clara. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Trees at Elmridge] Reference
Some workers prefer ivory or vulcanite. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Embroidery] Reference
Combined vulcanite and steel sheathing. From Wordnik.com. [My Life as an Author]
Durable black finish with vulcanite cladding. From Wordnik.com. [SlashGear] Reference
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