| 单词 | vitreous |
| 例句 | In fact, London’s metropolitan government recently moved downstream to another vitreous structure — more angular and less vulnerable to anatomical nicknames — alongside the Royal Victoria Dock. A Journey Across London on the Elizabeth Line 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, there is probably no practical way to remove scratches from vitreous china. How to remove dirt from textured vinyl flooring 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Nonmetallic minerals may be shiny, although their vitreous shine is different from metallic luster. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The posterior cavity is filled with a more viscous fluid called the vitreous humor. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Three shades dominate the color palate: vitreous ocean blue, white sand and cleanable-seat-back-headrest navy. The Man Who Turned Credit-Card Points Into an Empire 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z The chamber is filled with an ionic liquid that mimics the vitreous humour — the gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina in the human eye. Artificial eye boosted by hemispherical retina 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Inner limiting membrane barriers to AAV-mediated retinal transduction from the vitreous. Restoring vision 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z So, this week I had surgery to place medicine implants in my eyes and had a vitrectomy to drain out the polluted vitreous fluid in my eyeball and replace it with a clear solution. Opinion | Am I Going Blind? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z At the Charles, a vitreous tower under construction on the Upper East Side, 19 of 25 units are under contract, including a penthouse combination that sold for more than $58 million in 2015. New Development: Soft in the Middle, Splashy Up Top 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z For the autopsy, examiners ordered three toxicology tests on Craig — blood, urine and vitreous fluid of the eye. Behind Kevin Durant’s Jersey Number, a Cold-Blooded Murder 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z The forensic doctors at the University of Rome used a highly accurate technique for determining time of death, which measures potassium levels in the vitreous fluid of the eyes. Who murdered Giulio Regeni? | Alexander Stille 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Or your vitreous gel may be changing structure and tugging on the retina. Floating black spots or flashes in your eye? Get to an eye doctor right away. 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Its cladding is not generic glass and steel, but includes strips of white vitreous enamel overlaid with big bronze coloured X-shaped struts that stiffen the structure. Is the only way up for London's skyline? 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The treatment we received for our detached retina was an operation called a vitrectomy, which entails the removal of the vitreous humor from the eyeball’s posterior chamber. The Closing of the Republican Mind 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Last year, the company’s oeuvre expanded to an unprecedented degree, swelling to accommodate a newfangled glasswork—a vitreous, 50-story skyscraper fashioned to reflect Baccarat’s trademark finesse, sporting interiors aptly dripping with its signature crystal. Baccarat's $60M Penthouse And Duplex With Largest Private Outdoor Space in Midtown Still For Sale 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Glass eels measure no bigger than a pinkie and look more like vitreous earthworms than fishes. Glass Eel Gold Rush Casts Maine Fishermen against Scientists [Slide Show] 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z As people age, the structure of vitreous humor changes, from gel to liquid. Floating black spots or flashes in your eye? Get to an eye doctor right away. 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Approximately 4,000 miles of sewer pipe across the city are made of vitreous clay, a material susceptible to cracking and blockage. New York City Is Crumbling 2014-03-13T15:27:30Z Furthermore, it enabled transduction of primate photoreceptors from the vitreous, expanding its therapeutic promise. [Research Articles] In Vivo-Directed Evolution of a New Adeno-Associated Virus for Therapeutic Outer Retinal Gene Delivery from the Vitreous 2013-06-12T22:25:06.437Z Small moving spots that appear in a person’s field of vision, floaters typically occur when tiny pieces of the eye’s gellike vitreous humor break loose within the inner back portion of the eye. A sudden burst of black spots in my eye turned out to be a threat to my sight 2013-05-20T21:12:35Z Crystals are usually colourless, sometimes yellowish or greenish, and transparent; they have vitreous lustre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z As the body absorbs the gas and replenishes the vitreous humor, eyedrops and sometimes an eye patch are needed. Floating black spots or flashes in your eye? Get to an eye doctor right away. 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z At some points the muscular tissue had undergone a vitreous degeneration, while at others were many fusiform cells. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z For a long time these two electrical states were held to depend upon two distinct electricities, which were called respectively vitreous and resinous, to indicate the nature of the bodies from which they were derived. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z As the vitreous starts to detach, it may pull on the retina and cause a tear.” A sudden burst of black spots in my eye turned out to be a threat to my sight 2013-05-20T21:12:35Z The bases are generally metallic oxides or highly oxidized compounds; the fluxes are vitreous substances, similar to the glazes, but softer, whose function is, to fix the colours permanently on the ware. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The eye is filled with a gellike substance called the vitreous humor. Floating black spots or flashes in your eye? Get to an eye doctor right away. 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The Whartonian jelly of the umbilical cord and the vitreous humor of the eye are known, through the investigations of Virchow, to owe their gelatinous condition to the presence of mucin. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Unglazed′, not provided with glass: not coated over with a vitreous substance, as earthenware. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z “As we age, the vitreous jelly, which holds the retina in place, begins to liquefy,” Rich says. A sudden burst of black spots in my eye turned out to be a threat to my sight 2013-05-20T21:12:35Z If some of the silicate of lime or silicate of lead made by precipitation be dried and heated to a high temperature in a crucible, it will melt or fuse, and form a vitreous substance. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z In Muffler’s case, his regular ophthalmologist referred him to Khurana, who extracted the vitreous humor and placed a gas bubble at the back of Muffler’s eye. Floating black spots or flashes in your eye? Get to an eye doctor right away. 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The iris bulges forward, and the deep tissues of the eye, viewed through the vitreous humor, which had a dusky color from hyper�mia, now present a dull white color. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It is found as well-developed crystals of a bright hyacinth-red colour, which are translucent and have an adamantine to vitreous lustre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z He also showed that there were two kinds of electrification, and called one vitreous, the other resinous. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z He commenced a series of experiments to illustrate the fusion of rocks, their vitreous and crystalline characters, and the influence of molten rocks in altering adjacent strata. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Matt or non-reflective glazes are opaque and less vitreous than the glassy glazes. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z And if they are not satisfactorily purified from dross, they are taken out and cooled and broken into pieces; and the vitreous pieces are heated in pots in the same furnace. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z All these forms are found in vitreous igneous rocks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The ophthalmologist found some bleeding near the retina — a vitreous hemorrhage, it’s called — but no tear. Living With Floaters and Flashes in the Eye 2011-11-07T21:47:50Z The vitreous gel that is pulling on the retina is removed and replaced with gas or liquids that reattach the retina. Personal Health: Fast Action Can Save Sight if Retina Is Detached or Blocked 2011-11-07T19:22:24Z He concluded from this that there are two kinds of electricity, which he named "vitreous" and "resinous." The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z On the one hand, some are completely vitreous, like obsidian, which is a natural glass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The larger microliths may contain enclosures of glass, and it is very common to find that the prisms have hollow, funnel-shaped ends, which are filled with vitreous material. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The lustre of glass is vitreous, that of the diamond adamantine; and I know of no other distinction which it is more difficult for students to recognize than this. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z A gas bubble is injected into the vitreous cavity. Personal Health: Fast Action Can Save Sight if Retina Is Detached or Blocked 2011-11-07T19:22:24Z The sea ran in broad heavy 85 mounds, blue-black and vitreous, which hardly moved our bulk. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Even a disturbing observation — "a little blood in the vitreous" — sounded innocuous. Chemosurgery goes directly to tumor 2011-08-03T15:15:05Z In the biscuit or bisque form pottery is bibulous, the prepared glaze sinks into its pores and when burned forms a vitreous coating. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The pathological significance of the various effusions into the vitreous depends greatly upon the cause. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z This enamelling appears to have been done, not by melting on any vitreous composition, as is practised at the present day, but by the effect of calcination for some time in a low red heat. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z I tried to fancy it as it must once have been, a sluggish, vitreous flood, filling the great valley, and stiffening as it slowly pushed toward the bases of the hills. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z Because of the blood, she couldn't clearly see the tumor, or tell whether it had sloughed clumps of cells into the vitreous, the clear gel that fills the eyeball. Chemosurgery goes directly to tumor 2011-08-03T15:15:05Z He made the discovery of two kinds of electricity, which he called vitreous and resinous; the former produced by rubbing glass, the latter from excited sulphur, sealing-wax, &c. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z It passes from the two free surfaces of the ciliary body into the posterior aqueous, and into the vitreous, chambers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z It is a more imperishable substance, of a close texture, and vitreous appearance. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z These colours, true enamels, are the product of metallic oxides combined with vitreous compounds called fluxes. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z However, Tyler had fresh bleeding in the vitreous. Chemosurgery goes directly to tumor 2011-08-03T15:15:05Z Landolt, discussing a case reported by Valude, points out that in cyclopic eyes all the parts may be double or united in every degree except that there is never a single lens or double vitreous. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z There are also three refracting media, the aqueous humour, the lens and the vitreous humour or body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Chalk is well known to consist largely of foraminiferal shells, mostly vitreous, like the north Atlantic globigerina ooze. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The large space in the globe of the eye that intervenes between the retina lining its inner surface and the lens in front is occupied by a transparent jelly-like mass called the vitreous body. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Diop�side, a calcium magnesium silicate, of the pyroxene series, occurring in igneous rocks and altered limestones, with a vitreous lustre, and of a pale-green, or a greenish- or yellowish-white colour. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Ep�idote, a mineral of a green or grey colour, vitreous lustre, and partial transparency, a member of the garnet family. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The vitreous body or humour is a jelly which fills all the contents of the eyeball behind the lens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z In the 630 highest vitreous shells, however, each chamber has its complete “proper wall”; while a “supplementary skeleton,” a deposit of shelly matter, binds the chambers together into a compact whole. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z In this last process, while the carbon is burning away, the metallic bases of the earths are then oxidated, combine with oxide of iron, and form a vitreous substance. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z Swim around in it, through it— all directions and find vitreous seawater stuff— God how I love you!—or, as I say, a plunge into the ditch. Sour Grapes A Book of Poems 2011-03-25T02:00:10.780Z Enam�el, a vitreous glaze coloured with metallic oxides, and, when first introduced, made to adhere by fusion on metals, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The composition of the vitreous is practically the same as that of the aqueous humour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z They produced some very fine porcelain, of the same peculiar character as that of Pinxton, with a sort of vitreous appearance and a granulated fracture like that of lump sugar. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z It is, therefore, after being withdrawn from the fire, beaten with wooden mallets, to bring its parts into closer contact, and press out the vitreous matter. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z Common hornblende occurs crystallised or massive, and is dark green or black, with a vitreous lustre. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z Mintz-Hittner counters that infants’ eyes contain very thick vitreous fluid, which limits flow. Saving Preemies' Vision 2011-02-17T15:33:00Z The Vitreous Humour.—The vitreous humour loses its transparency owing to exudation from the inflamed ciliary body or choroid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The ware appears to have been rather vitreous in character, and somewhat resembles Chelsea and Bow porcelain. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z The one beyond this, and next the retina, is called the vitreous humour, from its resemblance to glass. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z It is brittle, and has a vitreous or resinous lustre. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z The base of enamel is a clear, colourless, transparent vitreous compound called flux, which is composed of silica, minium and potash. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Blood may also be effused into the vitreous from rupture of retinal, ciliary or choroidal vessels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The woman stood erect and rigid before her, her eye vitreous, with difficulty expelling her breath between her half open lips. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z The crystalline lens was remarkably soft, and scarcely of more consistency than the vitreous humour. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z He used his tools to create three tiny holes that would aid him in shining light into the eye, removing the eye's vitreous fluid and replacing it with a saline solution, and accessing the retina. Bellingham brothers get experimental gene therapy in attempt to save their sight 2010-09-07T04:24:00Z The sealing-wax so treated is electrified negatively or resinously, and the glass with positive or vitreous electricity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Where there has been excessive exudation into the vitreous, subsequent shrinking and liquefaction take place, leading to detachment of the retina and consequent blindness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z I had first the precise vitreous locality to discover, which could be done only by an expression of belief of his extraordinary condition. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 The dazzling white effect of their peaks is produced, not by snow, as among the Himalayas, but by enormous masses of vitreous rose-coloured quartz. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Its specific gravity is about 3.2; lustre vitreous; hardness sufficient to scratch glass; colour usually dark. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis It abounds in the serum of the blood, the vitreous and crystalline humours of the eye, the fluid of dropsy, the substance called coagulable lymph, in nutritive matters, the juice of flesh, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide In tourmaline, for instance, he found the vitreous charge always at the summit of the crystal which had six faces, and the resinous electricity at the summit of the crystal with three faces. Catholic Churchmen in Science The mineral is colourless, white or yellowish, transparent or translucent, has a vitreous lustre, and, in fact, is not unlike calcite in general appearance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" This book consists of a reprint of the third edition of my Methods of Glass-blowing, together with a new chapter in which I have described the comparatively new art of working vitreous silica. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students These, after firing, were then apparently covered with coloured vitreous glazes by a subsequent operation. An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. Neptune Crescent, partly on account of its name and partly on account of the peculiar vitreous tint which the stone had acquired with age, carried a marine suggestion. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Black, vitreous masses of melted conglomerate spread before them. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories The crystals vary from translucent to transparent, are possessed of a vitreous lustre, and are colourless or white, though often tinged with grey, yellow or green. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The melting point of vitreous silica cannot be definitely stated. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students It is fine grained, hard, has a somewhat vitreous lustre and contains little or no disseminated mica. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The hard resins are amorphous substances of vitreous character, which consist of very complex aromatic acids, alcohols, or esters, combined with other complicated structures, known as resenes, whose definite chemical nature is not yet known. The Chemistry of Plant Life Chalybite is usually yellowish-grey or brown in colour; it is translucent and has a vitreous lustre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Close at hand they were vitreous in color and texture, but at a distance and in the mass they seemed to have the velvety bloom of a green almond or grape. Carnival The rate of expansion of vitreous silica has been studied by H. le Chatelier, and more recently by Callendar. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students Usually of a white or light greenish color and vitreous lustre, in acicular crystallizations. The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis The light, in traversing this inlet through the vitreous medium of the sea-water, became green, like a ray of starlight from Aldebaran. Toilers of the Sea It occurs as white to flesh-red crystals which vary from transparent to translucent and have a vitreous lustre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Beautifully developed crystals, up to 2 or 3 in. in length, encrust cavities in compact, white colemanite; they are colourless and transparent, and the brilliant lustre of their faces is vitreous to adamantine in character. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" As regards the use of silica in experiments with gases, it must be remarked that vitreous silica, like platinum, is slightly permeable to hydrogen when strongly heated. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students The vitreous matter which occurs in these lavas is principally present in the form of inclosures in the felspar, and, sometimes, the augite and olivine crystals previously described. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions It is green or bluish-green in colour, and often has the appearance of opal or enamel, being translucent and having a conchoidal fracture with vitreous lustre; sometimes it is earthy in texture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Object there was none—nothing but the flakes of white froth and the black vitreous waves over which it was dancing. The Boy Slaves The "aqueous and vitreous humors" fill the eyeball and keep it in shape, while still, being transparent, they allow the light to pass through them on the way to the retina. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The method of making Silica Tubes.—Before commencing to make a tube a supply of vitreous silica in rods about one or two millimetres in diameter must be prepared. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students Argill, or pure base of alum, is completely fusible per se into a very hard opake vitreous substance, which scratches glass like the precious stones. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries It is then enamelled with a vitreous enamel coloured in imitation of the colour of the natural gum, which is applied and fired as before, the result being the most artistic and hygienic denture known. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" By observers unacquainted with aboriginal methods this polish is liable to be taken for a glaze, and it has been pronounced a vitreous glaze by a few writers. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 The light, coming through the pupil and traversing the vitreous humor, strikes the retina from the inside of the eyeball. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The density of vitreous silica is very near to that of ordinary amorphous silica. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students This number is upon the supposition that the metallic acids are capable of dissolving other metals, which is a new branch of chemistry not hitherto investigated, upon which depends all the metallic combinations named vitreous. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries It is imbedded in the anterior part of the vitreous humor, from which it is separated by a thin membrane, and is invested by a transparent elastic membrane, called the capsule of the lens. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) A roaring furnace, and a passing-bell; Grim vitreous gloom, and one low, raking gleam From a spent sun that spills its passive beam Athwart a smouldering city. Ioläus The man that was a ghost The posterior surface is in contact with the vitreous humor. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle The behaviour of vitreous silica with solvents has not yet been fully investigated, but Mr. H. G. Lacell has this subject in hand. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students Here there was nothing but a blank, shiny stare, vitreous and unintelligent. The Side Of The Angels A Novel The cornea, and the aqueous, crystalline, and vitreous humors, are transparent; so that rays of light traverse these parts of the eye, and fall upon the retina. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) These rocks consist of augite and plagioclase, with little or no olivine, on a brown, vitreous, interstitial matrix. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" The vitreous humor occupies four-fifths of the interior of the eyeball. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle "No. They are made of a peculiar vitreous material native to Mercury." Slaves of Mercury They were approaching the base of the volcano, whose side now towered above them, the upper part glassy with vitreous lava. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 What is the use of the cornea, aqueous, crystalline, and vitreous humors? A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The materials employed were bricks, both sun-dried and kiln-burnt, which seem to have been coated with a vitreous enamel for purposes of interior decoration. Architecture Classic and Early Christian Its inner surface is molded on the vitreous humor. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle It was about five hundred feet in diameter, made of the same vitreous material, and shaped like a huge lens. Slaves of Mercury Nothing could kill him, because Lucille would be waiting for him behind that rampart of stones upon the bare, vitreous mountainside. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 The cornea and aqueous humors are convexo-concave, the vitreous humor is concavo-convex, while the crystalline humor is a convexo-convex medium. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The ice was black and clear and vitreous on the forest pools. The Backwoodsmen The hollow of the ball is full of a jelly-like substance called the vitreous humour; and the cavity between the lens and the cornea is full of water. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use Among other injuries resulting from contusion of the eye may be mentioned hæmorrhage into the vitreous, rupture of the choroid, and detachment of the retina. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The cord of the embroiderer answers to the cloisons of the enameller, the surfaces of shining floss to the films of vitreous enamel. larger image 59. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery The convex surfaces of the aqueous and vitreous humors are segments of circles, of different diameters from their concave surfaces. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The luster too is almost adamantine while that of ruby is softer and vitreous. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public But against this indefinite, vitreous background the opaque white uric cells stand out distinctly in their myriads; and the effect of this stippling is a sketchy but by no means inelegant costume. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles If the rupture is large, the conjunctiva torn, and the globe collapsed from loss of vitreous, the eye should be removed without delay. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The third humour of the eye, is the vitreous; it is the largest of all the humours, filling up the whole of that part of the eye which lies behind the crystalline humour. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease There are three coats, called the sclerotic, the choroid, and the retina; and three humors, called the aqueous, the crystalline, and the vitreous. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes Crystals of azurite belong to the monoclinic system; they have a vitreous lustre and are translucent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Then mark how two electric streams conspire To form the resinous and vitreous fire. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes The lens may be partly or completely dislocated, and in the latter case it may pass forward into the anterior chamber or backward into the vitreous. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The weights of the aqueous, crystalline, and vitreous humours in a human eye, are, according to the accurate Petit, at a medium, to each other, as 1, 1, and 25. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease The vitreous humor, situated back of the other two, forms the principal part of the globe of the eye. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes Brett, the artist, that Venus has a surface of metallic brilliancy, with a vitreous atmosphere,—which can only be understood to signify a glass case. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy Whence this curious and otherwise unintelligible phenomenon, that smooth surfaced glass will give vitreous electric ether to an insulated conductor, and glass with a roughened surface will give resinous ether to it. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes From specimens of these amulets preserved in museums it is seen that any greenish stone was selected, preferably those yielding a high, vitreous polish, as jadeite, turquoise, emerald, chlormelanite or precious serpentine. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History The space DFOOGE, lying behind the crystalline, represents the vitreous humour. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease They were composed of a dark vitreous basalt, the most durable of all stone. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology Enamel.—In the fine arts a vitreous substance or glass, opaque or transparent, and variously colored, applied as a coating on a surface of metal or of porcelain. A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma Thus I believe a great quantity of both vitreous and resinous electric ether may be accumulated in the following manner. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Electrical excitement of the same nature as that in glass excited by silk is known as vitreous or positive, and electrical excitement of the opposite nature is known as resinous or negative. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science From this artery, a small branch goes through the middle of the vitreous humour, and giving off branches on every side, expands itself upon the capsule of the crystalline lens. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease Closet bowls of today are made of vitreous body which does not permit crazing or discoloring of the ware. Elements of Plumbing Another I heard advised to keep his visual organs in the interior of the boat, though, being ordinary optics and not at all of a vitreous composition, they could not be removable by volition. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. Then charge the jar, as highly as it may be, by throwing into it vitreous electric ether; and in this state hermetically seal it, if practicable, otherwise close it with a glass stopple and wax. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes The vitreous glistening of its sides, taken in conjunction with the mass of thick white fog which usually robes the summit of the mountain, offers to the eye an aspect at once fantastic and melancholy. The Tiger Hunter We shall now consider the humours of the eye, which are three in number, the aqueous, the crystalline, and the vitreous; all transparent, and in general colourless; but of different densities. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease Occasionally the lens, and even a little vitreous humour, may escape at once on the section being completed, but this is not to be desired. b. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Object there was none, nothing but the flakes of white froth and the black vitreous waves over which it was dancing. The Boy Slaves When either the vitreous or resinous electric ether is accumulated on an insulated conductor, and an uninsulated conductor, as the finger of an attendant, is applied nearly in contact with it, what happens? The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes The moon had disappeared below the horizon, and the vitreous transparence which her light had lent to the enchanted hill, giving it a semblance of life, was no more to be observed. The Tiger Hunter The convexity of its posterior surface is received into an equal concavity of the vitreous humour. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease To make it of cornea only, to prevent the escape of the vitreous, and to avoid injury of the iris. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners The surfaces of crystals of corundum are often clouded or dull, whilst its classification of lustre is vitreous. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones Hence the nonconductors of electricity are of two kinds; such as are combined with vitreous ether, as resin, and sulphur; and such as are combined with resinous ether, as glass, air, silk. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes The lake, as well as the forest on its shores, appeared less sombre; and the corrugated flanks of the enchanted hill glanced with a vitreous reflection like the greenish waves of an agitated sea. The Tiger Hunter Any process that increases the volume of the contents of the vitreous chamber, as hemorrhage, neoplasm, profuse serous or plastic exudation, may by pushing iris and lens forward produce an attack of acute glaucoma. Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 Removal of the Lens.—This must be done with the most extreme caution and gentleness, lest the vitreous humour be also evacuated. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners They are vitreous and resinous in their lustre and of great variety of colour, chiefly amongst reds, purples, violets, greens, yellows and blacks, according to the colouring matter present in their mass. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones From the facts and observations above mentioned electricity and magnetism consist each of them of two ethers, as the vitreous and resinous electric ethers, and the arctic and antarctic magnetic ethers. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes It seemed as if one could almost hear him vitreously chime and ring. The Confidence-Man Nor for obvious reasons do I recommend it in cases where there is reason to believe that a communication exists between the aqueous and vitreous chambers. Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 When the lens begins to protrude the pressure must be very, gentle, lest it be forced out suddenly and the vitreous follow it. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners This is the "precious" garnet, or almandine, sometimes called the "Oriental" garnet; these stones are found in Great Britain, India, and South America, and are deep red and transparent, of vitreous lustre. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones Whence the inferior surface of the plate of zinc abounds now with vitreous ether, and its upper surface with resinous ether. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Invented about the year 1540, in Saxony, is a vitreous compound of cobalt and silica, in fact a blue glass. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists The sudden release of all tension and the simultaneous weakening of the supports of the lens and vitreous body create very unfavorable conditions under which to make the crucial step of the operation. Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 On the removal, the needles, which have retained the vitreous by their pressure, are drawn through and the threads cautiously tied. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners It is a rather heavy substance, obtained either as a crystalline powder or as large, vitreous lumps, resembling lumps of porcelain in appearance. An Elementary Study of Chemistry An outgrowth of brain substance, on the other hand, forms the retina, while a third process is a lateral ingrowth of connective tissue, which afterwards changes into the vitreous humour of the eye. On the Genesis of Species To sum up, vitreous pigments are durable in a coarse or compact form, but are not more stable than others when reduced to extreme division. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists During the acute attack, the vitreous may become slightly turbid by transudation of serum from the vessel of the ciliary body and the chorioid and may become filled with fibrin. Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 Wings long, with the discal areolets from the base to beyond the middle mostly vitreous, but having the veins bordered with brown. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology The entrance of majesty was the signal for the organ to play; the vitreous roof vibrates as the sounds fly along the transparent aisles; and we had musical glasses on a large scale. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland Sclerotic, retina, choroid, vitreous humour, lens, aqueous humour, all are present. On the Genesis of Species Not only, moreover, does grinding effect an optical change in vitreous pigments, but it imposes further alteration. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists In Franklin's day the idea prevailed that there were two kinds of electricity, one produced by rubbing vitreous substances, the other by the friction of resinous bodies. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Fore wings with five vitreous spots, of which the basal one is small and round, and the other four large and elongated; the exterior pair intersected by the black veins. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Müller himself had not only recognised the cellular nature of the notochord, but had observed the cells of the vitreous humour, fat cells and pigment cells, and even the nuclei of cartilage cells. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology Blue Brick is a very strong vitreous brick of dark, slaty-blue colour, used in engineering works where great strength or impermeability is desirable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The result is a vitreous blue with a purple cast, of little body, and exceedingly difficult to grind. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists What is the use of the aqueous humor and the vitreous humor? Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Hind wings with two vitreous spots, of which one is basal and the other discal. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology The characteristic rock is a black vitreous trachyte resembling pitchstone, but anhydrous. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America She looked up in surprise, and saw his eye resting on her with what seemed like a mist of sympathy on its vitreous surface. The Fruit of the Tree Skin of vitreous clear; slight weakness of external recti; cornea clear; field of vision normal for white; both fundi normal except for slight hyperæmia. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry The lustre in most, however, is metallic rather than vitreous; and the vitreous always gives the purest hue. Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 He gave her a vitreous smile and watched her over his round paunch, on which a crystal watch-seal hung, like a more human eye than his own. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times Outside, in the faint starlight, sound of commotion came from the direction of the guard-house,—of swift footfalls from far across the parade, of the vitreous jar of windows hastily raised. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier Is it not a delight in itself to look at the full moon— "The vitreous pour of the full moon, just tinged with blue," as Whitman says? The Last Harvest The skeleton is formed by small crystals and long threads of vitreous silica, cemented together, during life, by protoplasm. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures Entirely common and vulgar compared with these, yet to be noticed as completing the crystalline or vitreous system, we have the colours of gems. Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 The back portion of the eyeball is filled with a soft, transparent, jelly-like substance, called the vitreous humor. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools To look up at that vitreous, transparent roof was like gazing into the enchantment of a witch's mirror, so imminent was the mysterious depth of the night beyond. The Mayor of Warwick As he spoke he brought a clenched fist down on the arm of his chair; he pushed his face forward and fixed Ewbert with the vitreous glitter of his old eyes. A Pair of Patient Lovers And when he came up and looked at me out of those very vitreous eyes he resembled something horridly amphibious.... Police!!! Its bottles and jars and iron mortar and the vitreous slab on which he rolled pills were all lost in twilight now. Old Kaskaskia The aqueous and vitreous humors aid in keeping the eyeball in shape and also in focusing. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools This attractive flagellate was quite common in decaying algæ at Woods Hole; its shaking movement, its peculiar furrowed surfaces, and, above all, its perfectly transparent, vitreous appearance, were well described by Dujardin. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 The outline is left in metal, and the whole background is cut away and sunk, thus making the hollow chambers for the vitreous paste, in one piece, instead of by means of wires. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance His vitreous eyes fairly glittered; the corners of his mouth quivered and grew wet; and to my astonishment he seemed to emit a low, mewing noise. Police!!! They spoke authoritatively about infusions into the vitreous humor and subsequent absorption. The Hidden Places The glioma of the retina tends to grow into the vitreous humour and to perforate the globe. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Every star dilated, more vitreous, larger than usual. Adventures in Criticism Enamel is a type of glass product reduced to powder, and then melted by fervent heat into a liquid condition, which, when it has hardened, returns to its vitreous state. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance The fluid from the vitreous body resembles nearly pure water. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The molten mass seems to have flowed over in successive waves, and the top of each wave was covered with a dark vitreous scum carrying scoriæ with angular fragments. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi It is the most durable article for the formation of roads; a necessary ingredient in earthenware, porcelain, and cements; and the principal material of glass and vitreous substances. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Inside, the grey and vitreous atmosphere, the reverberations of music moaning somewhere out of sight, the bones and monuments of the noble dead, reverence, antiquity, beauty, rest. Adventures in Criticism In other cases the pigment used was covered with a vitreous coat of an alkaline silicate of alumina. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The crystalline lens enclosed in its capsule is situated immediately behind the pupil, in front of the vitreous body. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Southeast of Crossman's Isle lies Hood's Isle, or McCain's Beclouded Isle; and upon its south side is a vitreous cove with a wide strand of dark pounded black lava, called Black Beach, or Oberlus's Landing. The Piazza Tales It presents the form of a black powder, and has some metallic lustre, is brittle, and fuses at a high temperature to a vitreous looking mass. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations The crystals consist of pure B2S3; the vitreous modification, however, is usually contaminated with a little free sulphur. Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 The calcined and vitreous surface of the bricks, fused into rock-like masses, show that their fall may have been caused by lightning. The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela The vitreous body forms about four-fifths of the entire globe, It fills the concavity of the retina and is hollowed in front, forming a deep cavity, for the reception of the lens. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Yet Stefano's eyes, as they met mine, had the vitreous intensity of opals, as though the colour of Venetian waters were vitalised in them. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series This vitreous matter has, however, generally settled into the hollows of the hieroglyphs or figures, where its lustre stands out in strong contrast with the dead surface of the surrounding parts. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt Once, in the morning of the world, it flowed from the crater along the line of least resistance, a vitreous river of fire. A Man Four-Square Strown over with cinders, the vitreous marl seemed tumbled together, as if belched from a volcano's throat. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II On the best developed of the three cleavages the lustre is pearly, on other surfaces it is of the ordinary vitreous type. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 H. Pottery with vitreous glaze like modern earthenware only appears on Byzantine and Turkish sites. How to Observe in Archaeology The third vitreous, that is, clear as glass. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy In short stages, with rests between, she pushed into the vitreous lake, dragged herself up from the terrace, fought forward doggedly for what seemed to her an age. A Man Four-Square It seemed a stately banquet of the dead, where lords in skeletons were ranged around a board heaped up with fossil fruits, and flanked with vitreous vases, grinning like empty skulls. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Upon breaking the stone, the fracture was vitreous, or like that of glass, and it scintillated on steel being applied. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 This course was over sands skirted with date trees, the ground strewed with fragments of calcareous crust, with a vitreous surface from exposure to the weather. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa Garnet, a well-known precious stone of a vitreous lustre, and usually of a dark-red colour, resembling a ruby, but also found in various other shades, e. g. black, green, and yellow. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge This done, he could now set the petals of his flowers with transparent stones which had morbid and vitreous sparks, feverish and sharp lights. Against the Grain Some of these great masses, both of the living cliff and ruined blocks beneath, are strangely pierced with a vein or tube of vitreous matter, not less in some instances than 18 inches in diameter. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. I shall confine myself to vitreous or glass mosaic, which for durability, extended scales of primary colors and their numerous semi-transparent gradations is unequaled by any substance yet used for wall or floor decoration. Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man's disillusion given. The Devil's Dictionary Portions of the old ditches are filled with lava and houses lie buried in the vitreous flood. Arizona Sketches He also relates an example of hemorrhage into the vitreous humor in a case of amenorrhea. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine We remarked here, certain vitreous formations, in all, except form, identical with those already described as having been seen at Point Swan. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H It was composed of black and vitreous lava, mixed with fragments of felspar. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea In those the calx has previously acquired the intended colour, a colour which bears a red heat without injury, and all that remains is to fix it on the piece by a vitreous flux. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation So Herbert, puffing out his cheeks, blew through the cane, which he kept constantly turning about, in such a manner as to inflate the vitreous mass. The Mysterious Island Amongst them were huge bombs of obsidian, and masses with translucent, vitreous edges that cut like glass. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H Every star dilated, more vitreous, nearer than usual. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Sir Isaac Newton having observed the great power of refracting light, which the diamond possesses above all other crystallized or vitreous matter, conjectured that it was an inflammable body in some manner congealed. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation The media of the eye are the crystalline lens, vitreous and aqueous humors. Common Diseases of Farm Animals It is with the retina, therefore, that the vitreous humor is in contact. A Practical Physiology On the inner surface next to the vitreous humor, is a lining membrane not shown in the cut. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Night of March 18, '79.—One of the calm, pleasantly cool, exquisitely clear and cloudless, early spring nights—the atmosphere again that rare vitreous blue-black, welcom'd by astronomers. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy It increased, her face was in tone with the color that had so disturbed her, a vitreous blue too intense for realization. Cytherea The vitreous humor is a transparent jelly-like substance that fills all the cavity of the eye posterior to the lens. Common Diseases of Farm Animals The portion behind the iris forms the posterior chamber, and contains the crystalline lens and a transparent, jelly-like fluid, the vitreous humor. A Practical Physiology There were those, too, whose houses of glass, adroitly given the air of being respectable conservatories, engendered in the dwellers therein a leniency towards other vitreous constructions. The Head of the House of Coombe The typical eye of the higher animals consists of a lens and two humours or fluids, known as the aqueous and the vitreous. The Coverley Papers Earth of the vitreous pour of the full moon just tinged with blue! … rich apple-blossom'd earth! History of American Literature As we look through the pupillary openings, both the lens and the vitreous humor should refract the light properly and not appear white or greenish-white in color. Common Diseases of Farm Animals The vitreous humor fills about four-fifths of the eyeball and prevents it from falling into a shapeless mass. A Practical Physiology The most general test, however, of the genuineness of the implements obtained by purchase is their superficial varnish-like or vitreous gloss, as contrasted with the dull aspect of freshly fractured flints. The Antiquity of Man The porphyries containing vitreous feldspar and hornblende, the phonolite, the greenstone, the amygdaloids, and the basalt, have forms almost as invariable as simple crystallized substances. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 He had revolved several future plans of action in his mind before reaching the vitreous substratum of the generous high-ball. The Midnight Passenger : a novel Earth of the vitreous pour of the full moon, just tinged with blue! Birds and Poets : with Other Papers These media are the cornea, the aqueous humor, and the vitreous humor. A Practical Physiology His striated eyeballs had a vitreous look; they were as hard as marbles. When Egypt Went Broke They contain a quantity of vitreous feldspar, of a snow-white colour, and the most brilliant pearly lustre. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 "He ought to be here soon," said the one into whose forehead holes seemed dug and little bits of some vitreous substance left at the bottom. It Is Never Too Late to Mend This is not water, this cold, blue-black, vitreous liquid. Winter Sunshine Near Hilo, a jet-black cliff is shown, with the vitreous torrent apparently pouring over into the sea: just as it cooled after one of these supernatural eruptions. Omoo It was all of fifty feet wide and now, in daylight, glistened faintly as though overlaid with some vitreous coating. The Metal Monster At Vesuvius also, we perceive small crystals of vitreous feldspar only in the very ancient lavas of the Somma. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Thence he went over sideways and toppled to the floor, where he lay twitching, a huddle of arms and legs, the head lolling sideways, the eyes vitreous, and blood, blood, blood all about him. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza He put his hat on the floor by his chair, after he sat down, and looked at March awhile with his old eyes, which had the vitreous glitter of old eyes stimulated to sleeplessness. Complete March Family Trilogy The artisan blows his vitreous bubbles, large or small, to be used afterwards as may be wanted. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 A tall man with an inflamed countenance and fierce, black eyes, that were somewhat vitreous, now leered down upon him. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series They contain large crystals of feldspar, which are not fissured, and seldom vitreous. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Meanwhile at every flash of the lightning's glare, we could see slanting ribands of rain cutting the air with a network of blue, glistening, vitreous lines. Through Russia Spring winked a vitreous optic at Editor Westbrook of the Minerva Magazine, and deflected him from his course. Strictly business: more stories of the four million I. The mucous tissue, as Virchow calls it, common in embryonic structures, seen in the vitreous humor of the adult. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 This principle is that there are two distinct electricities, very different from each other, one of which I call vitreous electricity and the other resinous electricity. A History of Science — Volume 2 These masses were the same as the porphyrschiefer of the mountain of Bilin in Bohemia; we recognised in them small long crystals of vitreous feldspar. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 There were Samurai swords from old Japan, And scimitars from Hindoostan, While the blade of a Turkish yataghan Made a waving streak of vitreous white Upon the wall, in the firelight. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed The feldspar approximates sometimes to vitreous feldspar when disseminated in very thin laminae in a mass of granular diabasis, decomposed, and emitting a strong argillaceous smell. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 He made particular studies of the eye itself, and the names given by him to various parts of the eye, as the vitreous humor, the cornea, and the retina, are still retained by anatomists. A History of Science — Volume 2 As we now know, Dufay was wrong in supposing that there were two different kinds of electricity, vitreous and resinous. A History of Science — Volume 2 |
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