Word: elasticize
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But Dr. Saunders found a good reason why violinists prefer to play the old instruments. The reason: they are easier to play. Through some mysterious process inherent in aging, the violin becomes mechanically more responsive-it begins to "speak" a fraction of a second sooner when force is applied to...
Art is an elastic term. In Manhattan's huge Metropolitan Museum it is stretched to cover stained glass, mummies, armor, textiles, musical instruments, a Hindu temple, an Etruscan safety pin, acres of painting and sculpture-all crammed into a great grey building that sprawls along four city blocks. To...
Most distinctive hallmark of the streamline-builders is the sleek, shiny gleam of Budd trains. Only Budds are made of stainless steel and only Budds are likely to be, as long as the Philadelphia plant keeps a tight hold on its "Shotweld" process for welding stainless sheets together. Invented by...
Pullman, No. 1 streamline-builder, today has about 1,000 lightweight cars on the rails (Budd 300). As its basic material Pullman alternates between aluminum alloy, which has about the same strength as stainless, and Cor-Ten, U. S. Steel's patented alloy. Cor-Ten's elastic strength...
>Strong, elastic and capable of being spun exceedingly fine, Vinyon's big drawback as a garment textile is that it shrivels at 160° Fahrenheit, cannot be ironed.