Word: crystallizes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bell crystals are grown in thick-walled steel "bombs" filled with a water solution of alkaline material (see diagram). At the bottom is a layer of finely ground quartz (silica). A small quartz crystal (it may be only a sliver) is suspended near the top. When the bottom of the bomb is heated to 750°F., and the pressure raised to 15,000 Ibs. per sq. in., the ground quartz dissolves. Its molecules diffuse through the solution. When they reach the cooler top of the chamber, they deposit one by one on the "seed," building it into a perfect...
Permission has been received from Washington to resume operations on the condition that engineering modifications will proceed as rapidly as possible. Most important of these modifications will be a crystal transmitter control, which will make it possible for the station to stay in an exact frequency...
...Three Cows. A huge crystal chandelier glittered above the pearl-grey top hats of diplomats, the snow-white Gandhi caps of Congressmen, and the flaming turbans and fezzes of princes in the marble rotunda. On the great throne where viceroys once sat, perched birdlike Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, retiring Governor General of the Dominion. Beside him on a smaller throne was the President-elect, in black achkan (coat) and tight white churidar (trousers). Prasad's timid wife Rajbanshi sat near by, looking bewildered and frightened...