| 单词 | brittleness |
| 例句 | He was living to be one hundred years old and played a smoothly fluent game of billiards that contrasted with his own ninety-four-year-old brittleness. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Squatting down, I felt a brittleness come over me, a hollow sensation, as if someone could reach out and crush me like a Christmas tree ornament. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The trouble with conveying brittleness is that you end up with a play that is so brittle itself it threatens to snap in half. Imperial Fizz 2010-08-13T14:46:00Z With her brittleness and dedication to her job, Helen is the type of character that would usually be played by a man. Eyewitness review – a compelling and complex crime show remake 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z It seems an odd choice: Moore has a certain brittleness to her that doesn't translate into the aw-shucks beauty pageant persona of Palin. Julianne Moore to play Sarah Palin in "Game Change" 2011-03-09T22:10:00Z Demanding wide emotional range and kaleidoscopic movement that veers between flowing liquidity and spiky brittleness, Mr. Neumeier’s approach to “The Little Mermaid” plummets to the pitiless depths of Andersen’s watery fairy tale. Arts: Taking a ?Little Mermaid? to Dark New Depths 2010-03-20T00:33:00Z But they have the element of surprise, plus the brittleness of a society with many vulnerable points of attack. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z Gospel tunes like the fast-picked “Gabriel’s Call” acquired new brittleness, shadowy standards like “Long Black Veil” an extra gravity. Alice Gerrard Didn’t Plan a Bluegrass Career. She Broke Its Glass Ceiling. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Robin recommends a deep conditioning mask once a week to address various hair issues, including brittleness or brassy color. There Is a Right Way to Wash Your Hair 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Detractors sometimes cite a brittleness in Ms. Radvanovsky’s sound as off-putting. Review: ‘Tosca’ Is Sondra Radvanovsky’s Show at the Met Opera 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z But Alison Brie deftly balances brittleness with determination, and the entire ensemble is lovable. ‘GLOW’ Season 1: Watched It All? Let’s Talk 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z But after 170 pages of relentless, knowing brittleness, this climax has the feeling of a deathbed conversion to some older model self. So You’re at a Literary Conference With a Bunch of Jerks 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The problem of brittleness applies both to the rare, hard jadeite and to the softer, more common nephrite jade, he noted. Fragile, but Full of Protection 2012-09-04T15:34:43Z But it's such a letdown when you move from his complex energy to the brittleness of Wyndham Lewis or the stodge of Graham Sutherland – like visiting Portmeirion straight after a trip to Italy. Picasso and Modern British Art ? review 2012-02-13T16:01:52Z As her band played folk-pop tinged with some hip-hop brittleness, Ms. Eilish strolled, slouched and crooned with precisely gauged insolence and nonchalance. South by Southwest Music Festival: 17 Acts That Stood Out 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z After a season apart or at odds, Quinn finds new equilibrium with Rachel, somewhere between toxic brittleness and manic determination. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 9: ‘This Is All We Need’ 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z This revival mostly wishes to entertain, but it also wants to honor the various hues of Coward's playwriting, its mix of aristocratic banter and brittleness. Angela Lansbury keeps spirits high in 'Blithe Spirit' 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The movie itself, Kiang added, “is undeniably enjoyable, but its giddy grandiosity only serves to highlight the brittleness of its purported braininess.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘United Shades of America’ and a Presidential Address 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z The only disappointment was the brittleness of Kendra Mitchell’s dancing in “La Source.” Dance Review: Casting Balanchine the Way the Master Did 2010-11-22T22:36:00Z Indeed, its very brittleness is what relegates it to the great houses and the most successful merchants. All the Hidden Clues in Samwell Tarly's Citadel Scenes on Game of Thrones 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z With both types of wicker, prevent the fading and brittleness caused by the sun. How to clean wicker outdoor furniture The brittleness of her Sister Aloysius is so meticulously rendered that it would be as proper for an audience member to want to tiptoe around her as to clap. Review | ‘Doubt’ covered child abuse in the church a decade and a half ago. It’s still relevant. 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z But her other trademark — the verbal brittleness, that sense of always being at a shrieking, raging boiling point — has been equally off-putting. Joan Rivers: Beneath the Mask 2010-06-10T23:55:00Z Jonathan Fensom's set – a wooden jetty rearing above shiny black tiles, set against a huge curtain, its long folds patterned with autumnal trees – evokes lakeside spaces while suggesting both brittleness and concealment. The American Plan – review 2013-03-17T00:05:56Z She would seem to have made a study of American film actresses of the 1920s and ’30s, and she has some of the witty brittleness and desperate fire we associate with the young Bette Davis. London Stages, Full of Cheating Hearts 2013-07-18T12:00:01Z There is precision, and then there is brittleness. Forget About Jazz Hands, This Fosse Show Is About Dancin’ 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z However, their weakness has always been their brittleness. Electron-rich metals make ceramics tough to crack 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z With increased brittleness, hair can be more sensitive to environmental factors like wind, UV light, humidity, and certain chemicals. What does your hair actually need? 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z A popular type of construction in which a building’s skeleton is made of steel beams and columns, such structures built before the mid-1990s can be vulnerable because of brittleness around the connection points. Santa Monica becomes leader in earthquake safety, fixing more than 50% of vulnerable buildings 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The slow production of weapons is “a real risk, and it’s exposed the brittleness and the fragility of our defense industrial base,” Cotton says. Opinion | How one Republican senator wants to hold his party together on Ukraine 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z The brittleness of ceramics poses challenges for their use as wires. K. Alexander Müller, Nobel laureate and superconductor trailblazer, dies at 95 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z “An aspect that I particularly like is its brittleness, and what it does when it breaks,” says researcher Corentin Coulais, who teaches physics at the University of Amsterdam. How to make a tastier chocolate? Use geometry. 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z “The pandemic revealed the brittleness of American infrastructure, including automation and broadband,” says Ryan Calo, a founding director of the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab. How the $4 Trillion Flood of Covid Relief Is Funding the Future 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Universities, rather than forming sturdy students exercising freedom of speech, encourage student brittleness by providing freedom from unwelcome speech. Opinion | The Oklahoma Supreme Court’s J&J ruling strikes a blow against institutional derangement 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The set is a 72-minute display of the comedian’s own brittleness. Opinion | Dave Chappelle’s Brittle Ego 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z The process is difficult with silicon carbide because of the brittleness of the material. Applied Materials aims to improve chip production for electric vehicles 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z They are expensive to fabricate and are prone to cracking because of the brittleness of the electrolytes when they expand and contract during use. Explainer: How will solid-state batteries make electric vehicles better? 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z My feeling is that solving the brittleness problem will require meaning. The Computer Scientist Training AI to Think With Analogies 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Perhaps he understood better than most the nature of the Qaddafi regime, its brittleness and brutality. Qaddafi’s Son Is Alive. And He Wants to Take Libya Back. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z In 1992, the World Health Organization recognized an epidemic of osteoporosis and funded research to develop a tool that could assess a person’s risk for fractures based on the brittleness of their bones. How scientists are subtracting race from medical risk calculators 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z There are several reasons to doubt the inevitability of that progress, including the inherent brittleness of a political order increasingly dominated by a single ruler and dependent on systematic violations of human rights. Opinion | The ambitions of China’s rulers may be undone by the baby bust they fostered 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Human rights organizations are “particularly concerned, among other things, about the fragility or brittleness of the artificial intelligence system,” he said. A.I. Drone May Have Acted on Its Own in Attacking Fighters, U.N. Says 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z That’s what ultimately causes the brittleness problem: These systems don’t understand, in any humanlike sense, the data that they’re dealing with. The Computer Scientist Training AI to Think With Analogies 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z “The whole issue is exposing the brittleness, the fragility of the automotive supply chain,” said Richard Barnett, chief marketing officer of Supplyframe, which provides market intelligence to companies across the global electronics sectors. Auto industry rethinks cost-cutting playbook as COVID-19, chip shortages disrupt supply chains 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z But in effect, there was a brittleness to the system that just shattered. Libya’s revolution was derailed by ‘deadly cocktail,’ envoy says. U.N. now sees glimmers of hope. 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Navalny’s allies seized on that omission as evidence of Mr. Putin’s brittleness. Biden and Putin Agree to Extend Nuclear Treaty 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Hard surfaces—particularly thin ones, like mirrors or dinner plates—are prone to brittleness and cracking under stress. How these fish—'tiny tanks of the Amazon'—survive piranha attacks 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z They seem likely to stay in the Premier League, such is the level of organisation in Nigel Pearson’s team and the brittleness of those around them. Olivier Giroud puts Chelsea on path to comfortable win over Watford 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z It suddenly feels like the acme of the Netherlands in the 1990s, ultimate expression of a certain kind of high-end brittleness. World Cup questions: Why didn’t the great Dutch teams of the 1990s win it? 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z “Tightrope” now aims at the “brittleness of life” befalling about 150 million Americans, from Yamhill to Baltimore. Review: Why Americans walk a 'Tightrope' between hope and despair 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Given the brittleness of the 4,000-year-old wood, the excavators carefully packed up the shards for conservation back at the university in Belgium. An Afterlife So Perilous, You Needed a Guidebook 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z For the moment, although scientists recognize the brittleness of DNNs and their reliance on large amounts of data, most say that the technique is here to stay. Why deep-learning AIs are so easy to fool 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Growing up on grocery store carrots, most often whittled down to the “baby” variety, I grew to associate their tooth-snapping brittleness and orange color with a one-note sweetness. Saturday Cook: A grilled carrot recipe to star in your summer barbecue 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Rennes kept up the pressure and soon Arsenal, from being comfortable, crumbled, their defensive brittleness laid bare. Nacho Monreal own goal hands 10-man Arsenal defeat at Rennes 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Our Jenga tower is teetering, and the brittleness of our reality is becoming more apparent. Opinion | Butterflies aren’t expendable. Our brittle reality depends on them, too. 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Yu has been consulted by government officials, who are increasingly aware of the brittleness of the current Chinese model of growth. Concrete: the most destructive material on Earth 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The writing in his prewar novels is crisp, ironic, and bright almost to the point of brittleness. How Anthony Powell Wrote His Twelve-Volume Masterpiece 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Nor does technology alter the essential brittleness of dictatorships. Opinion | If the Chinese look to the West for a democratic model, what are we showing them? 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z She is doubtless alive to her character’s uneasy contradictions in this film, and to the shards that will be strewn around if her elegant brittleness is broken. Emma Thompson’s Meticulous Intensity in “The Children Act” 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z When the brittleness bubble breaks, those without means — the economically poor, those from marginalized groups — will be forced to abandon their homes and ways of life. Rising seas could wipe out $1 trillion worth of U.S. homes and businesses 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z There’s a brittleness to Trump but he’s the toughest person I know. Anthony Scaramucci: 'I’m in the game for a fight. I love the fight' 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z In fact, he was too sanguine, perhaps because he was overconfident in his own transformative power, perhaps because he wasn’t alert to the brittleness of his achievement. Witnessing the Obama Presidency, from Start to Finish 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Anatomy schools were one source; fabricated porcelain dentures were another, but their brittleness and lack of verisimilitude put off self-conscious aristocrats. Our relationship with teeth is uneven, messy and grim 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Real will be favourites whoever they face but there will still be hope in the familiar sense of brittleness on show here. Brittle Real Madrid will have Liverpool and Roma licking their lips | Barney Ronay 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z There's a coldness and brittleness about her, a false warmth, a faux friendliness that she projects. Opinion | ‘They Were Never Going to Let Me Be President’ 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Hence the brittleness against high-class opponents with plans and weapons of their own, canny enough to hurl a wrench into the fine-tuned circuitry. City’s best shot at ruling Europe implodes in self-immolating fury | Barney Ronay 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z But all that also promotes brittleness and fragility. Two security flaws in modern chips cause big headaches for the tech business 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z It also allowed her to show off the Cantonese she had picked up and express a blend of brittleness and self-sufficiency that became a trademark. Tang Wei's spectacular career comeback after being banned in China 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z The buttered dosa, its batter griddled into a golden moonscape of craters, somehow sacrifices its brittleness on a trip from the kitchen to my table. Review | Glittering Tysons Corner offers another gem: The Indian food at Street Kitchen 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Attempts were made to cut larger crystals given that small crystal size is often a sign of suboptimal growth conditions, but the brittleness of the crystals obviated such attempts. A low-spin Fe(iii) complex with 100-ps ligand-to-metal charge transfer photoluminescence : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Tom's brittleness and shrillness with Ramina doesn't speak well to the stability he's trying to preserve. Complete Unknown's elaborate identity games just echo better films 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Part of the fascination here is not just the brittleness, or the basic novelty but the sense of hope in Iceland’s managed miracle, a saga of halls, heroism and meticulous small-island obsession. Fire and ice: the inside story of Iceland’s remarkable rise | Barney Ronay 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z All season Norwich’s bluntness up front has been compounded by brittleness at the back. Manchester United’s Juan Mata leaves Norwich City in relegation zone 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Dallas have been generally impressive this season, but recent results suggest a brittleness that Oscar Pareja has yet to solve. MLS weekend preview: how will LA Galaxy cope without Keane and Gerrard? 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Political brittleness is turning into an economic risk. Slowing in China: Not Just Economy but Political Resolve 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z The response “shows a real brittleness of power and of high levels of nervousness,” said Kerry Brown, professor of Chinese studies at King’s College London. China Said to Cast Net After Online Letter Urges President Xi Jinping to Quit 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Cook said one of the challenges in India is the “brittleness” of the wireless infrastructure itself, making it difficult — and sometimes impossible — to watch video on a smartphone, a basic function elsewhere. Why Silicon Valley is betting big on India 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z I can’t help noticing the brittleness of the walls that keep most people fed, sheltered and whole. Death, the Prosperity Gospel and Me 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z It’s a mixed blessing, though, as Kingsley explains: “UV rays in fact have a similar effect on your hair as bleach; they oxidize and degrade its protein structure, causing dryness, brittleness and subsequent breakage.” Does Your Hair Need Its Own Spa Treatment This Season? 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z A map prepared by senior officials for public consumption boasted that Isis was losing its hold on territory it gained since last year, attributing the alleged brittleness of the group to US-backed Iraqi forces. US hawks criticize Obama for 'fundamentally flawed' Iraq strategy 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The clusters are too small to cause the undesirable brittleness, but the strength and lightness of the aluminum remain, the researchers report online today in Nature. New, lightweight steel is cheap, yet strong 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z A year ago, Ms. Khobragade’s case laid bare an unexpected brittleness in relations between the United States and India. India Tires of Diplomatic Rift Over Arrest of Devyani Khobragade 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z That explains why a daily 10-milligram silicon supplement was shown to reduce hair and nail brittleness after 20 weeks, according to the Archives of Dermatological Research. 10 Foods for Stronger Nails and Thicker Hair 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z For the most part he was composed and businesslike, but there were glimpses of tears and brittleness. Shrien Dewani’s millionaire lifestyle revealed in detail as murder trial begins 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Stakeholders continually pushes technology teams to quickly achieve their goals with constrained budgets, but such FBC-style decision making leads to increased brittleness, as better typically means more features, instead of improved resilience. Digital Performance and Resilience at O'Reilly Velocity 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Such activities typically result in more controls, engendering increased brittleness in the system. Everything Is Distributed 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Overcoming brittleness: New insights into bulk metallic glass. Physics Week in Review: November 23, 2013 2013-11-24T12:45:05.920Z Bend, of course, is about flexibility and avoiding brittleness in both structures and policies. Dot Earth Blog: Bend, Stretch, Reach, Teach, Reveal, Reflect, Rejoice, Repeat 2013-05-10T14:04:44Z The extreme brittleness of the shell is such, that, although common, it is very rarely seen so perfect as here represented, from shells in my own cabinet. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z It was only the thought of their bulky brittleness that conquered the covetous feeling. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Because of the brittleness of its wood, it is often damaged by summer storms and winter sleet. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z He first notices the color, the hardness, the brittleness, and the electrical excitability of this material. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z Panel covered with thin lateral streaks of rust, due to the admittance of moisture in cracks caused by brittleness of film. Paint Technology and Tests 2011-09-15T02:00:12.263Z Bisphosphonates inhibit a bone renewal process called resorption, adding bone mass, but possibly causing brittleness as well. F.D.A. to Review Safety of Popular Bone Drugs 2011-09-08T06:20:08Z Biphosphonates inhibit a bone renewal process called resorption, adding bone mass, but possibly causing brittleness as well. F.D.A. to Review Safety of Popular Bone Drugs 2011-09-06T00:19:36Z The bad news is that the brittleness of sultanistic regimes is a mixed blessing — it helps the revolutionaries when they are in the streets, but it complicates the task of nation-building after they win. Way of the World: The Imprint of Iron Fists Fades Slowly 2011-08-25T13:30:35Z And they reflected on the unexpected brittleness of his hold on the city. Libyans Struggle to Expel the Fear That Qaddafi Bred 2011-08-25T02:01:42Z While the work is often cleverly done as to matching and manipulation of the pelt which is very soft, there are great objections in the odour and the brittleness or weakness of the fur. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Yet, while the 24-year-old has a directness so chronically missing from these parts recently, Arsenal's concession of a two-goal advantage indicated their old problem of defensive brittleness may yet haunt Wenger's men again. Ars?ne Wenger still has work to do as Boca Juniors claim a 2-2 draw 2011-07-30T20:50:32Z From the extreme brittleness of the leaves only portions can be read. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z This troublesome quality of brittleness no doubt accounts for its being so seldom seen in gardens. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z That from Italy has more gray in it, and though it looks extremely well when carved is less liked by carvers on account of its brittleness. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z To tell the truth, I often felt uneasy when I thought of the excessive brittleness and fragility of the moon. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z The earlier tungsten lamps were very fragile, owing to the brittleness of the filament. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z It speaks of brittleness and insecurity, not confidence. Art of ‘Economic Crime’ Inflames China’s Wounds: William Pesek 2011-04-07T21:53:00Z Even in normal quantity it is said to cause “brittleness” or “shortness.” The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z It had the matt surface of a biscuit, and adhered slightly to the fingers: it was now a 'crook'; it had exchanged malleability for brittleness, and nothing mortal could undo what the fire had done. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Wales are at a strange halfway place, the brilliance of their recent grand slams vying with the brittleness of their last World Cup. Italy 16-24 Wales 2011-02-28T00:06:01Z It would be pleasing to see a team as fluid and creative as Arsène Wenger's crowned champions but their persistent mental brittleness means that is almost certainly not going to happen. Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend 2011-02-07T08:01:01Z In the intervals of the droning hum at the table, the silence took on a quality of brittleness. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z Arsenal alone dazzle even if the brittleness is recorded in three defeats at the Emirates. Arsenal's flair and fragility make them the greatest fun to watch 2011-01-17T21:45:52Z The brittleness, even so, took a strange form. Chelsea 3-3 Aston Villa 2011-01-02T15:50:07Z In balls and ball-races, hardness without brittleness, and homogeneity are of primary importance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Within two minutes of that change it was Arsenal's brittleness at the back that was exposed. Arsenal 2-1 Fulham 2010-12-04T17:09:00Z What we now see, as with Lehman and Toyota and other similar cases, is the brittleness that accompanies this arrogance. Tony Hayward's arrogance of success 2010-06-21T11:30:00Z There is, after all, a brittleness to England's prospects. World Cup 2010: Fabio Capello steps into unknown with England 2010-06-12T06:01:00Z When the metals are worked by the hammer, or rolled into plates, or drawn into wire, they acquire a certain amount of brittleness, which destroys their usefulness, and has to be remedied by annealing. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli He felt taut, hard to the point of brittleness. The Guarded Heights Doubtless this very generosity of contribution only served to impart brittleness to the bell. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Carbon is the chief cause of the brittleness of cast iron. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Equal gills, extreme brittleness, and dry, firm texture are characteristic of the whole Russula family. Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous This is a condition of bone brittleness or softening of bone found usually in adult life. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle And total want of any expression of hardness or brittleness. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) For with the smallest unevenness or brittleness of the glass it is an impossibility for the one to fit every bend of the other. Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological Not for worlds, in Trudy’s estimation, would they ever take it upon themselves to prove the brittleness of vows. The Gorgeous Girl No longer did a masking softness overlay the hard brittleness of the Commander's voice. The Finding of Haldgren The brittleness, if it had ever existed, was gone and the arm was limp. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 And total want of any expression of hardness or brittleness. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) There is neither hardness nor brittleness, nor colour, nor any approach to any of the characteristics for the identification of elementary matter. The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena His muscles stood out hard and sharp, and with a supreme effort, aided by the growing brittleness of the rawhide in the dry atmosphere, he snapped his bonds. The Martian Cabal The plants are fleshy and stout, and in this particular resemble the Clitocybes, but the brittleness of the flesh, milky juice, and the marking of the cap, will easily distinguish them. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth She could tell by the strange stiffness and brittleness of his figure that he was still crying. The Rainbow Some rather hard minerals are seldom or never used as gems, in spite of considerable beauty and hardness, because of their great brittleness. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public So curious is the power of tin in this respect, that even the vapour of it, when in fusion, will give brittleness to gold and silver, the most ductile of all metals. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease At first thought this brittleness of the wood might seem to be a serious defect in the structure of the tree or shrub, although they seem to produce branches enough for their own use. Seed Dispersal Beeswax, when melted, will mix well with either plaster or whiting, or with both, and will make a useful modelling composition, its brittleness being determined by its containing more or less plaster. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. The yellow, and often cup-shaped, crusts, brittleness and loss of hair, atrophy, and the history. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine We may also consider those stones, whose softness, or brittleness, or ready cleavability, requires that they should be reserved for use only in those jewels which, because of their nature, receive less rough usage. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Because of the peculiar brittleness of the stalks of the Dahlia it is quite necessary to furnish them with good support. Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover Both of these materials, however, make the yarn brittle, and other ingredients are combined with them to overcome the brittleness. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Coughs, colds, chronic bronchitis, soreness of the lips and nose, ugly ulcers, brittleness of nails, and partial or complete paralysis. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. By the peculiar lumpiness of the parts, the brittleness of the hair, more or less hair loss, and the history. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Such brittleness comes as the seed ripens that it is almost impossible to pick some of the stems without cracking them in two or three places. Parables of the Christ-life Never had I so clearly realised their brittleness. The Choice of Life God adulterated with men entails the weakness of iron and clay--Chocolate--brittleness! The Chocolate Soldier Heroism—The Lost Chord of Christianity Cast iron, on the other hand, owing to its brittleness, will break off into small particles, hence the wedge surface can be put at a more obtuse angle to the work. Practical Mechanics for Boys Mauser Bullet The second condition which influences the nature and degree of the deformities depends on the relative tenacity or brittleness peculiar to the metal employed in the manufacture of the mantles. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre The ripened seed-vessels share the same brittleness: you can hardly touch them without the whole crown falling to pieces in your hand. Parables of the Christ-life The ruling powers and their controls have given way, and their dry brittleness is revealed. The New Society True, Billie was officially engaged to Bream Mortimer, but she had had experience of the brittleness of Miss Bennett's engagements, and she could by no means regard Eustace as immune. The Girl on the Boat This will remove the brittleness, and swell up the dried filaments to their original proportions. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Whether or not nickel-chromium-steel forgings will show "blue brittleness" depends entirely upon the temperature at which they are tempered and their rate of cooling from this temperature. The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel The happiness of some natures terrifies those who love them by its appearance of brittleness. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron And since Shakespeare's rulers reflect rather than inspire the character of the nation, we are brought to a study of the causes of the brittleness of national glory. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays The trees had lost the brittleness and sharpness of winter's drawing and their outlines were softening into greenish velvet. Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists Its generators had to be thawed from the metal-ice stage of brittleness and warmed to where they could be run without breaking themselves to bits. Operation: Outer Space Tempering for a considerable time just under the critical is liable to cause great brittleness. The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel The latter increases the rigidity and decreases the brittleness of the candle. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Once the glacier extends into deep water, pieces are broken off by their buoyancy, aided possibly by the currents and the brittleness of the ice. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 Not as supple as they had once been, his thumbs — no longer the texture of wet clay on a potter's wheel; more like clay after it had been worked to exhausted crackling and brittleness. Return to Pleasure Island Physical Condition.—The brittleness of the substances B and C, the facility with which they can be reduced to the finest powder, makes a striking point of difference between allotropic and normal silver. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 This additional hardness is also obtained without causing undue brittleness such as would be obtained by any increase of carbon. The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel Owing to its extreme brittleness, osmium was finely divided and made into a paste of organic material. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization When the percentage of aluminum reaches 13, an exceedingly hard, brittle alloy of a reddish color is obtained, and higher percentages increase the brittleness, and the color becomes grayish-black. Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 I could feel the sharpness and brittleness of his old bones through his wrinkled skin, and I was sick at myself. Montlivet You seem to have had a sort of inkling about my brittleness when you were here. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Just why the acid open hearth steel should be sensitive to "blue brittleness" is not known. The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel Numbers of volumes in the galleries were losing their backs, which were more or less broken off at the joints from the shrinkage and brittleness of the leather. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Their common defects are brittleness and imperfect points. Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 Its brittleness distinguishes it from lead, zinc and tin, as they are readily flattened by a stroke of the hammer, while bismuth is broken to pieces. 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 This new and sorrowful reminder of the brittleness of life's threads should soften all our expressions to each other in our home circles and open our lips to speak only words of tenderness and approbation. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years All that is necessary to eliminate the presence of "blue brittleness" is to quench all nickel-chromium-steel forgings in water from their tempering temperature. The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel It has in part the unctuosity of bees' wax, and somewhat of the brittleness of resin. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Hammered riveting is much more expensive than machine or snapped riveting, and has a tendency to crystallize the iron in the rivets, causing brittleness. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 When iron was first used in constructions of this kind, cast iron was employed, but its brittleness and unreliability have led to its rejection for the main portions of bridges. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 To prevent brittleness add a little linseed oil. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do The hardness imparted to steel by chromium is accompanied by brittleness. The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel This mill, from the brittleness of the timber with which it was constructed, was found to be unequal to the consumption of the settlements. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. Defects and brittleness are revealed by impact better than by any other kind of test. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing They give us little knick-knacks of the brittleness of which they positively boast, although two thousand years have beaten as vainly upon the follies of the 'Frogs' as on the wisdom of the 'Republic.' The Defendant Apart from the predisposition conferred by conformation, must be remembered the simpler predisposing causes leading to brittleness of the hoof. Diseases of the Horse's Foot This increases the toughness of the steel, i.e., decrease the brittleness at the expense of a slight decrease in hardness. The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel As for the fact that Pietro Ghisleri was frequently at the villa, society refrained from throwing stones, in consideration of the extreme brittleness of its own glass dwelling. Taquisara There is considerable variation in tension failures depending upon the toughness or the brittleness of the wood, the arrangement of the grain, defects, etc., making further classification desirable. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing Thus the firmness of the one substance defended the brittleness of the other; and great numbers of books so constituted have resisted the accidents and decays of twelve centuries. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827 And secondly, if they are displaced by such applied force they immediately separate, and this constitutes brittleness. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Now there is one other quality imparted to iron by successive shocks, which, I think, is independent of crystallization, and this quality is hardness and consequent brittleness. Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 In addition to the carbon, steel may contain the following: Silicon, which increases the hardness, brittleness, strength and difficulty of working if from 2 to 3 per cent is present. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon Toughness includes flexibility and is the reverse of brittleness, in that tough woods break gradually and give warning of failure. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing When fit for cutting, which is known by the brittleness of the leaves, the plants are cut close to the ground, and allowed to lie some time. An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States Why the brittleness and hardness of steel or glass should keep pace or be companions to each other may be difficult to conceive. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Putting the pleasant thought aside, he opened the roll, and with exceeding tenderness of touch brought forth a sheet of vellum dry to brittleness, and yellow as a faded sycamore leaf. The Prince of India — Volume 01 This form is used for engine cylinders and pistons, for brackets, covers, housings and at any point where its brittleness is not objectionable. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon Really, you would have been dumfounded at the brittleness of mind which I encountered in the bomb-proof pit…. Red Fleece The brittleness of the fabric and the crudeness of the tools employed had evidently put the patience of the makers to severe task, who for one satisfactory hook must have contemplated many disappointments. Confessions of a Beachcomber The gum was tenacious, and its only bad quality was its brittleness; but, as it would not be exposed to the blows of any hard substances, it seemed quite able to serve Tom's wants. Lost in the Fog Ah, you should be thrust in the fire, you should, to have the softness and the brittleness burnt out of you! Touch and Go It does not affect the hardness, but increases the elastic limit and reduces the brittleness of the steel. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon Though, for my part, I don't believe in the brittleness of hearts—they seem to me to be made of exceptionally tough material. Thelma Yes, and it is the wages of being, the payment in full for all the brittleness and frailty of flesh and breath. The Mutiny of the Elsinore Such fine his lust,* such fine hath his nobless! *pleasure Such fine hath false worlde's brittleness!* *fickleness, instability And thus began his loving of Cresside, As I have told; and in this wise he died. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems These materials could be formed into leaves, instead of metal, wood, ivory, or wax tablets, a use to which papyrus could not be put on account of its brittleness. Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. The more carbon contained in the steel, the harder the metal will be, and, of course, its brittleness increases with the hardness. 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