Word: compounded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some sort there must be. Had Eaton satire only lent him utterance, he might have said "when you call him, that, smile." Had Eaton ire only lent him utterance, he was. But neither instinct came alone; instead ire and satire met in one grand incandescence; and voicing this potent compound, as only Eaton can, he rasped forth the cry of Kent in one long lingering lung--"OH RINEHART...
Silicone Sticker. Linde Air Products Co. told about a compound that forms a "bridge" between plastic and glass. Plastics reinforced with glass fibers have not proved as strong as they theoretically should be. One trouble is that the plastic does not always stay stuck to the fibers. Moisture may penetrate the "interfaces" and make the two elements separate...
...answer, according to Linde, is to treat the fibers with a small amount (.25%) of vinyl siloxane, a compound whose plasticlike molecules contain atoms of silicon. These act as a bridge, the silicon end of the molecule sticking tight to the glass while the other end cleaves to the plastic. The bond is so strong that the glass-plastic combination does not lose its strength even when boiled for two hours...
...last 16 of which will have Curtiss-Wright compound engines, giving...
...colleagues also took an intensive series of soda-solution baths, with striking results: "Quick disappearance of fat, especially on the stomach; the resolution of old scars, and a general increase in fitness." She did not specify whether she had used washing soda, baking soda or some other sodium compound, but the professor warned that the baths should be taken only under a doctor's direction: there was evidence that the treatment could affect the red-corpuscle count of the blood. To doubting Western biologists, the whole theory sounded like nonsense...