 ... becomes so soft and pliant as to be capable of being moulded into any form, or of being rolled out into long pieces or flat plates. When in the soft state, it possesses all the elasticity of common India-rubber, but it does not retain these properties...  Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts - Page 42by Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1851Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...India rubber, but it does not retain this property long. It soon begins again to grow hard, and in a short time, varying according to the temperature and the size of the piece operated upon, regains its original hardness and rigidity." May not this be a case of isomerism, in which the... | |
 | 1845 - 880 pages
...but it does not retain these properties long. It soon begins again to grow hard, and in a short tune, varying according to the temperature and the size of the piece operated on, regains its original hardness and rigidity. A ball one inch in diameter was completely softened by boiling... | |
 | 1846 - 438 pages
...Indianrubber, but it does not retain these properties long. It soon begins again to grow hard, and in a short time, varying according to the temperature...boiling water in ten minutes, and regained its hardness entirely in less than half an hour. It appears to be capable of undergoing this alternate softening... | |
 | 1846 - 604 pages
...India-rubber, but it does not retain these properties long ; it soon begins again to grow hard, and in a short time, varying according to the temperature and the size of the piece operated on, regains its original hardness and rigidity. A ball one inch in diameter was completely softened by boiling... | |
 | William Newton - 1847 - 526 pages
...India-rubber ; but it does not retain this property long. It soon begins again to grow hard, and in a short time, varying according to the temperature and the size of the piece operated upon, regains its original hardness and rigidity." May not this be a case of isomerism, in which the... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1847 - 524 pages
...India-rnbber ; but it does not retain this property long. It soon begins again to grow hard, and in a short time, varying according to the temperature and the size of the piece operated upon, regains its original hardness and rigidity." May not this be 8 case of isomerism, in which the... | |
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...India rubber, but it does not retain this property long. It soon begins again to grow hard, and in a short time, varying according to the temperature and the size of the piece operated upon, regains its original hardness and rigidity." May not this be a case of isomerism, in which the... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - 1848 - 840 pages
...India rubber, but it does not retain this preperty long. It soon again begins to grow hard, and, in a short time, varying according to the temperature and the size of the piece, regains its original hardness and rigidity. The specific heat of this substance has not yet been determined,... | |
 | Caoutchouc - 1852 - 218 pages
...hard, and in a short time, varying according to the temperature and size of the piece operated upon, it regains all its original hardness and rigidity. A...boiling water in ten minutes, and regained its hardness entirely in less than half an hour. It appears capable of undergoing this alternate softening and hardening... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 pages
...varying according to the temperature and size of the piece operated upon, it regaius all its origmal hardness and rigidity. A ball one inch in diameter...boiling water in ten minutes, and regained its hardness entirely in less than half an hour. It appears capable of undergoing this alternate softening and hardening... | |
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