Word: leatherizing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...splendid foundation and proficiency was rapidly obtained. One thousand and seventy-seven operations were performed under chloroform anesthesia with no immediate fatality or accident. The work was divided between the two operating tables, both functioning at the same time. . . . Artificial peg legs were made from wood, plaster, and leather at cost of less than...
First of all, as to the tale, dear to preachers' hearts, that Tischendorf rescued the precious vellum leaves from a waste basket, as they were being used to kindle a fire. . . . Vellum is a form of leather, you know; and can you imagine any one's kindling a fire with leather? And did you never smell burning shoes...
...Senate of the United States!" cried House Doorkeeper Joseph Sinnott, swinging wide the baize & leather portals. The Senators had not been a minute too soon, for the clock over the Speaker's desk said 1:38 when President Roosevelt took his place beneath it, amid 60 seconds' wild cheering, to address the 73rd Congress in joint session...
...protect their tender fundaments, Monte Carlo croupiers sit on soft leather doughnuts, as experience has shown that this shape of cushion is best for the work. Even so, spinning a roulette wheel while keeping argus eyes on ladies and gentlemen who are prone to cheat is nerve-racking business. To keep croupiers from having nervous breakdowns they are changed every few hours, retire between times to a musty lounge below stairs equipped with shower baths. But sooner or later a Monte Carlo croupier was sure to go crazy in public...
...owners was an important book collection. There were second, third and fourth folio Shakespeares, Mary Baker Eddy's own copy of Science and Health, a Kelmscott Chaucer and a number of letters from Warren Gamaliel Harding and Thomas Jefferson. But the prize item was No. 264, an Italian leather frame holding a yellow sheet of paper, the original autograph manuscript of "The Star Spangled Banner...