| 单词 | gutta-percha |
| 例句 | The first golf ball struck in 1873 on the Old Course was a gutta-percha. Early start helps amateur player Brown at British Open 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The gutta-percha was the first game-changer in golf — yes, technology in the Royal & Ancient game began long before titanium and the Pro V1 — replacing a ball consisting of feathers packed into a pouch. Tiger moments at St. Andrews about more than claret jugs 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Demand for gutta-percha, an early bio-based resin used to insulate telegraph cables for the administration of the British Empire, led to widespread deforestation in Southeast Asia. Perspective | Five myths about plastics 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Now, if Fowler really wants to impress, he'll use a balata or gutta-percha ball for his next driving exhibition. Rickie Fowler shows he's a long hitter in any era by smashing a persimmon wood - Golf Digest 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z The sap of a fruit tree found in the Malayan archipelago, gutta-percha solidifies on contact with the air. The Forgotten Material That Changed the World 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z "It is being seen as pollution - and I clean debris from my local beaches all the time - but the gutta-percha is a natural product, so it does degrade. I've seen disintegrated blocks on the beach." The mystery of the Tjipetir blocks 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z After hitting driver to the front edge of the green, he smacked the gutta-percha replica and still had 120 yards remaining. Tiger moments at St. Andrews about more than claret jugs 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z To all intents and purposes it seemed as if the cables were nothing more than useless cores of copper encased in gutta-percha, rotting in the ooze on the bed of the North Sea. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Papier-mache, moulded into form, is becoming very useful in the doll and animal trade; while india-rubber and gutta-percha are doing wonders. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Even so, gutta-percha belongs in the category of genuinely world changing materials. The Forgotten Material That Changed the World 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Twelve years ago it exported over sixty-six million rupees’ worth of gambier, tin, pepper, nutmegs, coffee, tortoise-shell, rare woods, sago, tapioca, camphor, gutta-percha, and rattans. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z I have tried at first silk and cotton covered wires with oil immersions, but I have been gradually led to use gutta-percha covered wires, which proved most satisfactory. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z This would be sufficiently strong to outlast the duration of the war, the scarcity of gutta-percha and the enormous weight of the finished cable being prohibitive. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z For a child of three to five years five grains should be thrown into the rectum by a small glass or gutta-percha syringe, and retained by pressure. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The engineering feat was made possible because gutta-percha proved to be the ideal insulator for copper electric wire. The Forgotten Material That Changed the World 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Wherever the covering of the wire has been pierced for testing, it must be carefully recovered, finished off with Prout's elastic glue, or gutta-percha, and made quite sound. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z I have obtained two kinds of gutta-percha wire known in commerce: in one the insulation sticks tightly to the metal, in the other it does not. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z The principal manufactures of the town are linen, cotton, cement and gutta-percha, and there is also a considerable shipping trade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z When dried lymph or a crust is to be sent by mail or other conveyance, it should be wrapped in some impermeably envelope, for which purpose gutta-percha tissue is very convenient. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Look at the advertisements in old newspapers and gutta-percha is everywhere. The Forgotten Material That Changed the World 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z The best insulation for wires employed indoors is gutta-percha, surrounded with a coating of cotton wound over it, except only in cases when the atmosphere is excessively dry. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z The wires used were heavily covered with gutta-percha and wound in oil, or the air was pumped out by means of a Sprengel pump. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z Instantly he struck Mr. Sumner on the back of the head, with his hollow gutta-percha cane, making a long and fearful gash, repeating the blows in rapid succession. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z I picked up a plant having a long stalk, slender and hollow, of more than ten feet in length, resembling a gutta-percha tube. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Second ditto, including Archer’s collodion process, bichloride of mercury bleaching and intensifying, and gutta-percha transfer process, 1856. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z A number of wires may be twisted into a cable, and run through a short piece of gutta-percha tube, and fastened with ordinary gas hooks where it is an advantage to do so. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z No dry insulation of the nature of indiarubber or gutta-percha will withstand the high pressures that are brought to bear upon the circuits of an oscillation transformer. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z A scar or a wart you may touch over with paint and sollible gutta-percha, or pink wafers and gelatine, but pock-marks is too many for any man.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Morana, daughter and successor of another Morana, who was dead, was a woman of forty years of age, of a pallid complexion, with gutta-percha plaisters on her temples for the severe pains in her head. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z A pyramidal block of zinc at the end of a metallic rod covered with gutta-percha is placed in the bottom of a porous cup containing an ounce of mercury. Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z The copper wire in this case should not be less than No. 16 B.W.G., covered with gutta-percha, to No. 9 or 10 B.W.G., and preferably an outer covering of tape or braid well tarred. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z He was of peculiar service in developing the telegraphic service in Prussia, and discovered in this connection the valuable insulating property of gutta-percha for underground and submarine cables. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z “He’s a perfect little gutta-percha ball, he is.” Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z There is, however, one branch that, in view of increasing scarcity and rising price, should be carefully looked after by the Philippine Administration; I refer to the collection of gutta-percha in Mindanao. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Salicylate of menthol is an effective local application, painted on and covered with a gutta-percha bandage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The reason for selecting this kind is, that with the gutta-percha wires the joints may be more perfectly covered and made secure against damp. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z By far the largest modification in the game since the change to gutta-percha balls from balls of leather-covering stuffed with feathers, is due to the American invention of the india-rubber cased balls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The gutta-percha boat was useless when left here, and remains in the same state. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Ocean cables are made of a number of copper wires, each wire covered with gutta-percha, the wires twisted together and protected with tarred rope yarn and an outer layer of galvanized iron wires. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z I believe it is a stroke that was easier with the gutta-percha balls than with the modern rubber-hearted things. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z The materials mostly employed for insulating purposes are indiarubber, gutta-percha, or cotton saturated with paraffin. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z It is singular to remark that in the first introduction of the gutta-percha balls, superseding the leather and feather compositions, they also were called by the name of their first maker, “Gourlay.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z He had slipped the gutta-percha pads out of his cheeks—an operation to which I had grown quite accustomed—and I could see his face as it really was. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z Upon the stuff itself he could make no impression; it was like a piece of indurated gutta-percha. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Then Johnny could drive that gutta-percha ball most ferociously with his cleek. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z A heavy plumber's soldering iron, or even a tinman's bit, is not well adapted for this purpose, and the blowpipe is even worse, as the great heat melts and spoils the gutta-percha covering. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z Their superiority over the solid gutta-percha lies in their superior resiliency. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z He was too sensible to lie awake thinking, at an hour when people with accommodating consciences and gutta-percha hearts are wont to sleep soundly. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z As regards industries, attention need only be drawn to such articles as commercial fibre, tanning materials, dye-stuffs, lac, turpentine, resin, rubber, gutta-percha, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z All through the early eighties a good deal of experimenting had been going on with the view of discovering a substitute for gutta-percha for the golf ball. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z They are generally made of tin, vulcanite, or gutta-percha, and are of various forms. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z They also tend to make the game more easy by the fact that if they are at all mis-hit they go much better than a gutta-percha ball similarly inaccurately struck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z A mould is first obtained in gutta-percha or some similar material. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z I am afraid also that you had to gutta-percha your conscience a little, before it would stretch to some of your allegations, both about the work and about the science. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z Then some firm in Edinburgh produced a ball called the Eclipse, and after several modifications they put out a ball that had distinct qualities of its own, in some points superior to gutta-percha balls. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z They find his mistress standing alone in the middle of her domain, a great gutta-percha snake lying on the ground behind her, and the hose directed at a thirsty verbena-bed. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z The rubber-cored ball does not go out of shape so quickly as the gutta-percha solid ball and does not show other marks of ill-usage with the club so obviously. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Hence it has to be contained in bottles of gutta-percha or lead. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z But underneath that gutta-percha sheeting there beat a heart of gold—a heart worthy all protection. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Crests, monograms, addresses, &c., are embossed on paper and envelopes from dies set in small handscrew presses, a force or counter-die being prepared in leather faced with a coating of gutta-percha. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z It may shock you to know that it was your wife, the gutta-percha doll, who made the first declaration of tenderness, and I'm glad, I'm glad that I had so much real passion left! My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z It has had the effect of making the game a good deal easier for the second- and third-class players, favouring especially those who were short drivers with the old gutta-percha ball. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The discoveries of gutta-percha and india-rubber were indispensible to the great applications of those substances in telegraph cables, and in a multitude of useful articles. The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality 2010-12-30T03:00:25.567Z While joining heartily in the attempts of 1857-58, he felt that an error was committed in the smallness of the cable; that the copper conductors and the gutta-percha covering should both be much larger. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z In embossing large ornamental designs, engraved plates or electrotypes therefrom are employed, the force or counterpart being composed of mill-board faced with gutta-percha. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The inland Dyaks collect the forest products, rattan, gutta-percha, beeswax and edible birds’ nests, and exchange them for clothing or ornaments, especially brass wire or brass guns in which consists the wealth of every chief. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z If the jury is to be merely the judge's machine, it had better be of iron and gutta-percha than of human beings. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z In spite of the cold and the darkness, Amundsen had got the cog-wheels into order, and now it is running as smoothly and steadily as gutta-percha.” Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 These large mains require most careful and gradual filling with water, and constant attention must be given to the air-valves to see that the gutta-percha balls do not wedge themselves in the openings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Otherwise, however, I prefer a tray made of gutta-percha or porcelain. A Treatise on Etching But, after all, the world is but a tenth-rate little gutta-percha ball in the immensity of infinitude, and it was a comfort to think that the constellations were not impressed. Victory out of Ruin He had one of those faces, red with constant drinking, whose color makes it impossible to distinguish any age short of forty, and his countenance was as mobile as if made of gutta-percha. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The names for apes, peacocks, ivory and algum-trees are foreign words in Hebrew, as much as gutta-percha or tobacco are in English. Lectures on The Science of Language He was engaged for a long time in the manufacture of spurious money by a new process, in which dies were taken from gutta-percha impressions. Every-Day Errors of Speech Wood type when battered may be repaired by removing the damaged part with a sharp pointed knife, and fill in with beeswax or gutta-percha. Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades The wire is to be enclosed in a gutta-percha tube filled with hydrogen gas, which will enable it to keep its altitude a thousand or fifteen hundred meters above the earth. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections He pulled out of his back pocket two yards of gutta-percha tube, and, applying one end to his ear and placing the other against my mouth, he said, “Go ahead.” A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things Perhaps the broken hinges of a dark calf book could be joined without great difficulty by means of the liquefied gutta-percha mentioned above. Book Repair and Restoration The acid must be kept in a gutta-percha bottle. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass Melt together equal parts of pitch and gutta-percha. Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades Some one had pulled the gutta-percha tube across a bare part of the steam pipe and melted it. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 Dishes of zinc painted or japanned on the interior surface answer better than gutta-percha, and one inverted within another forms, when travelling, an admirable lid-box for the protection of glass bottles, rods, &c. Notes and Queries, Number 216, December 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc It consists of a large gutta-percha glove, which is put on the hand and hermetically sealed at the wrist by a mixture of mastic and vaseline. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso Tincture of iodine, indeed, may be painted over them when quite small, while at the same time the joints are kept quiet by a small gutta-percha splint. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases This chamber, to which ran a long fuse, surrounded by gutta-percha, opened on the outside. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras There was Thomson, there was my testing-board, the strings of gutta-percha; Harry P—— even battering with the batteries; but where was my darling Annie? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 Mr. Shadbolt therefore showed that if the operator carries a small bottle of chloroform with him, he would be able to mend the gutta-percha at any moment in a few seconds. Notes and Queries, Number 216, December 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Conductors, such as the metals, are of inestimable service to the electrician; of equal value are non-conductors, such as glass and gutta-percha, as they strictly fence in an electric stream. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery It is strange what a gutta-percha capacity it has! The Elm Tree Tales Rubber and gutta-percha are not the same substance by any means. Makers of Many Things To have a true conception of a kink, you must see one; it is a loop drawn tight, all the wires get twisted and the gutta-percha inside pushed out. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 Millboard, leather, or gutta-percha softened in hot water, and moulded to the part, may also be employed. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. As without gutta-percha there could be no ocean telegraphy, it is worth while recalling how it came within the purview of the electrical engineer. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery But the Russian stomach is constructed upon some physiological principles unknown to the rest of mankind—perhaps lined with gutta-percha and riveted to a diaphragm of sheet-iron. The Land of Thor Another good service which gutta-percha renders to the physician results from its willingness to dissolve in chloroform. Makers of Many Things I got the cable into a boat, and a gutta-percha line from the ship to the boat, and we signalled away at a great rate—but no signs of life. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 Additional security may be given by a light poroplastic or gutta-percha splint fitted to the chin, the vertical portion passing well up the ramus of the jaw. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. In 1847 Mr. S. T. Armstrong of New York, during a visit to London, inspected a pound or two of gutta-percha, and found it to be twice as good a non-conductor as glass. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery One would think such a process every day would burn the lining off the best stomach in the world; but the Swedes, like the Russians, have gutta-percha stomachs. The Land of Thor His face worked like a queer gutta-percha visage for a moment, and then he burst into a hearty roar which must have startled every living thing on the island. A Vanished Hand Of the purely uncultivated jungle products that figure in the exports the principal are gutta-percha, India rubber, and rattans. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo The chief exports of Sarawak are antimony, quicksilver, coal, timber of many kinds, gutta-percha, rice, sago, and rattans. On the Equator The conductor now was not a single wire of copper, but four wires, wound spirally, so as to combine strength with flexibility; these were covered with gutta-percha and surrounded with tarred hemp. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery Before closing this chapter I may mention that there is a considerable plantation of gutta-percha trees in the horticultural garden at Buitenzorg. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore “That is because it is gutta-percha,” he said, “intended for rough use in camp; but the rest of my habiliments were not intended for wet weather.” The Associate Hermits The only materials we have which meet these conditions are gutta-percha and tin. Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth I have suggested making a gutta-percha dummy to be the first arrival! The Light Shines in Darkness Fortunately all these properties are united in gutta-percha: they exist in nothing else known to art. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery Dr. Waring recommends the practice and Dr. Van Someren follows it in the application of water dressings, having substituted banana leaves for gutta-percha. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines This is a gutta-percha collar, and I can wash it whenever I please with a bit of damp rag, and it is my custom to shave every day, if I possibly can. The Associate Hermits Milk was imbibed noisily out of mysterious bottles, some of them provided with gutta-percha tubes, which made the process of refreshment look like laying on gas. Vixen, Volume III. The gutta-percha face is for Billy Harrison, whether in disgrace or not. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Consists of a steel wire-rope, containing a heart of gutta-percha and other soft materials, in which are inclosed the copper wires through which the communication by electricity is conveyed. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The plaster-mull, consisting of muslin incorporated with a layer of stiff ointment, and the gutta-percha plaster, consisting of muslin faced with a thin layer of India-rubber, the medication being spread upon the rubber coating. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine The loose, easy-fitting clothes gave no hint of redundant plumpness; no soiled shovel-hat cast a shadow over the smiling face, and a glittering shirt front banished all thought of gutta-percha. The Associate Hermits "Yes, your Highness," and Pedro once more strained the faithful spine with a series of gutta-percha bows. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play At another stall there are pretty dolls of every size and shape, wooden, wax, and gutta-percha; some made to open and shut their eyes, and some to utter a sound. The Crown of Success An effective swabbing implement, having a plate of gutta-percha fitted at the end of a broom handle. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The plaster-mull is used in all types, especially the acute; the gelatin dressing, and the gutta-percha plaster, in the subacute and chronic; and the rubber plaster in chronic, sluggish patches only. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine “Only look what an old gutta-percha head,” said Philip; “don’t he seem as if some one had been squeezing him out of shape?” Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home This boat was made in some cases of gutta-percha, in others of oiled canvas;— lbs. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 Spices, rubber, gutta-percha, tapioca, and rattan constitute the remaining trade. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges You use plates of glass, wood, slate, pasteboard, or gutta-percha, but find them all pervious to this wondrous force. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 All parts of it abound in a very acrid milky juice, which hardens into a substance resembling gutta-percha; but in its fresh state it is a valuable remedy in cutaneous diseases. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture For developing, we provide with three wooden trays lined with lead or gutta-percha, or, more economically, coated with yellow wax. Photographic Reproduction Processes Sumatra is also the home of several trees and plants from which gutta-percha is obtained. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Obtain specimens of gutta-percha, resin, pitch, turpentine, shellac, copal, dammar, and creosote for study and inspection. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The material for these is, variously, pasteboard, thin wood, bark, laths, gutta-percha, strips of thin metal, as tin or perhaps sheet iron. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse "As like as not they were covered with their gutta-percha blankets, from the rain, and the boat drifted away without their feeling a thing." Gold Seekers of '49 On this rim is melted some gutta-percha, upon which the plate is pressed into contact and adhers quite firmly when the gutta-percha is solidified. Photographic Reproduction Processes The British are more interested in the minerals and jungle produce, such as gutta-percha, rattan, rubber, and birds' nests, than in the cultivation of plantations. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The most satisfactory casts are made in gutta-percha, which may be gilt by simply rubbing a gold powder with a soft brush upon them, after slightly warming their surfaces. The Handbook to English Heraldry In the treatment splints of gutta-percha or leather are sometimes used, but they are of difficult application. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse When used as a knapsack, the clothing is packed in a cotton bag, and the gutta-percha sheet is folded round it, lapping at the ends. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions The easiest way perhaps is to take a casting in plaster of Paris, or by means of pressure in warm gutta-percha. On Laboratory Arts This mine was provided with a long wick, bound in gutta-percha, the end of which was outside. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Moulds for reproducing casts or impressions may be made in gutta-percha; and from 318 these moulds casts, also in gutta-percha, may be obtained. The Handbook to English Heraldry For small animals the preference is for an external covering of gutta-percha, embracing the entire leg. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The clothing is thus protected by two or three thicknesses of gutta-percha, and in this respect there is a superiority over the knapsack now used by our troops. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Not a man and a stick and a piece of gutta-percha, but the mind and will performing a miracle with matter.... The Wind Bloweth “Leather, p’r’aps, or gutta-percha,” suggested the captain, who had himself been “flinging his legs” about pretty violently during the previous half-hour. Hudson Bay The process is very simple: the gutta-percha, softened by immersion in hot water, is pressed upon an impression in relief, until a perfect intaglio is formed. The Handbook to English Heraldry We have obtained excellent results by the use of a mold of thick gutta-percha, composed of two sections and made to surround the entire lower part of the leg as in an inflexible case. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Sugar may be well secured in India-rubber or gutta-percha sacks, or so placed in the wagon as not to risk getting wet. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions We had a rough passage over, and were very sick, sailors included! except the captain, an old Scotch highlander who may be described as a compound of obstinacy and gutta-percha. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories Even then it seemed as if the softness of the spot were only of the gutta-percha type. The Garret and the Garden When this mould is cold and hard, it will stamp an impression upon gutta-percha softened in the same manner. The Handbook to English Heraldry His frame was a mixture of gutta-percha, leather, and brass. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan India-rubber, gutta-percha, or painted canvas cloths answer a very good purpose for catching water during a rain, but they should be previously well washed, to prevent them from imparting a bad taste. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions In the process of construction, the central wire of the copper core was first covered with a semi-liquid coating of gutta-percha, mixed with tar—known as “Chatterton’s Compound.” The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables The gasometer will be made, probably, of thin muslin or silk, saturated with gutta-percha. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages Upstairs and downstairs it was all the same; every band of leather, gutta-percha, catgut, had been taken away, and, of course, the whole of this portion of the works would be brought to a stand. Patience Wins War in the Works Hav-’nt!” shouted the porters with lungs of brass and voices of leather or gutta-percha. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel “I suppose he’s made of gutta-percha,” observed another. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth Was this bird fed on gutta-percha shavings, sister Nan?” The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables It is preserved in flasks made of wax or gutta-percha. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Crops which during recent decades have shown enormous development are those known as india-rubber and gutta-percha, so much being demanded by the bicycle and motor industries. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People But when he cut into it at home it tasted like sawdust and gutta-percha. Gigolo Lister made numerous experiments with layers of chalk and carbolic oil, with a combination of shellac and gutta-percha, with everything of which he could think, to imitate the work of nature. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies This difficulty was overcome by coating the wires with gutta-percha, which, being a non-conductor, imprisoned the Spark, and kept him, as it were, on the line. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables The ways of Providence," said he, "are indeed inscrutable, else why should there be such things in the world as lobsters, gutta-percha, ballet-dancers, and Englishmen? Here are Ladies In Borneo ten trees were felled for every kilogramme of gutta-percha. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People It was an elastic substance, an element of gutta-percha, like the flexibility of the gymnast, the lady at the music-hall who is shot from the mouth of a cannon. The Tragic Muse It hardens by exposure, so as to resemble gutta-percha. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Then came a second coating of gutta-percha, followed by another coating of compound, and so on alternately until four coats of compound and four of gutta-percha had been laid on. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables As thus: The color is rubbed in as before, and combed solely with the gutta-percha combs, but these are specially cut for the purpose; they are best about 2 in. wide. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. You put the two pieces of gutta-percha close together and then cut them sharply with scissors. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke Hydrofluoric Acid, HF.—A solution in water may be purchased in gutta-percha or lead bottles. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Now I was morally certain that the words 'gutta-percha' and 'alligator' did not occur in the first three Acts of "Hamlet"; but having carefully re-read them I invited this examining body to explain itself. On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 Sometimes the leg must be kept motionless by plaster of Paris or gutta-percha bandages. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada This artificial nail will answer the purpose admirably if properly made; and even when the natural nail is good, the gutta-percha will serve to save it from injury. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. The tall one was showing the other a section of a submarine cable and letting the hard piece, intricately braided of hemp, metal and gutta-percha, pass from hand to hand. Atlantis The article to be copied is first covered with black-lead, and then a mould is made of it in wax or gutta-percha. 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. The game is played with a gutta-percha ball weighing about 1 3/4 ounces and with a set of "clubs" of various odd shapes and for making shots under various conditions. Outdoor Sports and Games What I take to be excoecaria resembles the tree Mr. Walker describes as being probably the gutta-percha. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills We have also used a piece of gutta-percha to take out the lights. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. And here are the two bits of gutta-percha tubing to make into syphons. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men There were cups and saucers, with vines running over and around them, boxes which simulated books, paper-cutters, also rings made of gutta-percha buttons, with silver hearts let in like mosaic. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Telephone cables for certain uses are formed of wires insulated with such materials as soft rubber, gutta-percha, and cotton or jute saturated with mineral compounds. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. We have the forest then to go to for gutta-percha, for land poles, and for tar to preserve the cables. Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects It is gutta-percha, the wonderful vegetable juice, which is as firm as a rock while it is cold and as soft as dough when it is exposed to heat. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 The finished cordite resembles a cord of gutta-percha, and its colour varies from light to dark brown. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise If you were to take up guns and gutta-percha, I could probably talk your head off, but I don't know anything about these things. Sevenoaks When insulated with rubber or gutta-percha, no continuous lead sheath is essential for insulation, as those materials, if continuous upon the wire, insulate even when the cable is immersed in water. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. On the other hand, they easily pass through gutta-percha, india-rubber, and insulating substances in general. The New Physics and Its Evolution More than this, the slightest flaw—a hole smaller than a pin's head—in the gutta-percha insulator would spoil the entire work, and no remedy would be possible. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 Rummaging about, his hand struck one of the round, gutta-percha plates which had accompanied the phonograph. Heart's Desire Light gutta-percha buckets are very useful in temperate climates; and so are baskets, with oilcloth inside them. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Why, last term Ella spent almost enough for candies, and gutta-percha toys, to pay the expense of half a year's schooling, at Mount Holyoke. The English Orphans The result of this laudable effort is meat of gutta-percha toughness, upon which one's teeth are exercised in vain; but I make a very good supper after all by breaking bread into the broth. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama You will remember what I said about insulation,—how a tiny hole in the gutta-percha would allow the electricity to escape. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 Tom Osby stepped to the side of the bed and withdrew from under the blankets the bit of gutta-percha which Curly had noticed him conceal. Heart's Desire Vulcanised india-rubber becomes rotten after short use, and gutta-percha will stand no extremes of temperature. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries India-rubber and gutta-percha goods, including waterproof clothing made wholly or in part thereof. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison I have tried at first silk and cotton covered wires with oil immersion, but I have been gradually led to use gutta-percha covered wires, which proved most satisfactory. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency The gutta-percha ring-makers were quite numerous, and it was really astonishing to see the quality of the work turned out, being handsomely engraved and inlaid with silver. History of Kershaw's Brigade But for the convulsive movement of her lips now and then, no gutta-percha doll could be more utterly still. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 Maston nearly went mad, and fears were entertained for his brain until then so well preserved in its gutta-percha cranium. The Moon-Voyage India-rubber and gutta-percha goods, including waterproof clothing made wholly or in part thereof. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison I have obtained in commerce two kinds of gutta-percha wire: in one the insulation sticks tightly to the metal, in the other it does not. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency This was surrounded by four layers of gutta-percha, cemented together by the compound, and about this hemp was wound. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty S. of Hamburg; its industries embrace gutta-percha goods, oil, chemicals, &c.; is a favourite watering-place. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Be calm, you man of gunpowder, steel, whalebone, and gutta-percha! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 "That seems easy enough," said Malcolm, "but how do they make it into gutta-percha?" Among the Trees at Elmridge It seemed impossible that rubber and gutta-percha could withstand such heat as had come sizzling from the Santa Fé. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories The gutta-percha and the rubber coverings which had been used in cable construction predominated. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Balata, a vegetable gum used as a substitute for gutta-percha, being at once ductile and elastic; goes under the name of bully. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge If, with these precautions in shoeing flat-foot, tenderness still persists, a sole of leather or gutta-percha must be used with the shoe. Diseases of the Horse's Foot The milky fluid is procured in the same way, but it is placed in vessels to evaporate, and the solid substance left at the bottom is the gutta-percha. Among the Trees at Elmridge The glass of the jar represents the gutta-percha; the internal coating is the surface of the copper wire; the external coating is the surrounding metallic envelope and water. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 It consisted of seven copper wires covered with gutta-percha and wound with tarred hemp. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Playing on the principle that it is better to go too far than not far enough, since the hole is larger than the ball, West gave a long stroke, and the gutta-percha disappeared from view. The Half-Back He advocated the use of gutta-percha, then a new material, for the insulation of underground wires, and in 1847 designed a screw-press for coating the wires with the gum rendered plastic by heat. Heroes of the Telegraph The wonderful submarine telegraph could not convey its messages between the Old World and the New were not its wires protected from injury by a coating of gutta-percha. Among the Trees at Elmridge The new is covered with thirteen strands, each strand consisting of three wires of the best quality, and covered with gutta-percha, to render it indestructible in salt water. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 J. T. Maston went nearly mad, and great fears were entertained regarding the brain of this worthy individual, which had hitherto been so well preserved within his gutta-percha cranium. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon Most of them, naturally, were wrapped with rubber or gutta-percha, after the fashion of a submarine cable. The History of the Telephone In submarine cables, as is well known, the copper wire which conveys the current is insulated from the sea-water by an envelope, usually of gutta-percha. Heroes of the Telegraph How she danced over the ground with a light mazurka step, as if she were shod with gutta-percha and not with iron! Boyhood in Norway To the touch it felt elastic, and its shape was maintained by a piece of gutta-percha tubing, around which the cotton was firmly wound. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Forgetting on the one hand that his right arm had been replaced by an iron hook, and on the other that a simple gutta-percha cap covered his brain-box, he had given himself a formidable blow. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon Many tried to follow him and find that land of plenty for gutta-percha and rattans, pearl shells and birds’ nests, wax and gum-dammar, but the little Flash could outsail every craft in those seas. Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river The effect of pressure up to 300 atmospheres was observed, and the fact elicited that the inductive capacity of gutta-percha is not affected by increased pressure, whereas that of india-rubber is diminished. Heroes of the Telegraph There was Thomson, there was my testing board, the strings of gutta-percha; Harry P- even, battering with the batteries; but where was my darling Annie? Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin Sometimes it's unbending as a boarding-house biscuit, and sometimes it's a bad quality of gutta-percha; but we couldn't get far without it. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 A French-chalk mine," said he, "would not be a bad thing, but I hoped that you had struck a bed of mineral gutta-percha. The Magic Egg and Other Stories If a man were made of gutta-percha, his heart would quail at such a moment. Memories and Portraits For the insulation of the wires he recommended gutta-percha, which was then becoming known as an insulator. Heroes of the Telegraph I got the cable into a boat, and a gutta-percha line from the ship to the boat, and we signalled away at a great rate - but no signs of life. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin One day, just after McTeague had put in the temporary gutta-percha fillings and nothing more could be done at that sitting, Trina asked him to examine the rest of her teeth. McTeague Doubtless this cable will last for a great length of time, for they find that the gutta-percha covering is improved by the sea-water. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea In 1863, the teenage Bell and his brother Melville made an artificial talking mechanism out of wood, rubber, gutta-percha, and tin. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Next year he suggested the use of gutta-percha for the coating of the intended wire across the Channel. Heroes of the Telegraph Someone had pulled the gutta-percha tube across a bare part of the steam pipe and melted it. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin A broken piece of gutta-percha clattered to the floor as he banged up the phone. The Beautiful and Damned The bundles of conducting wires were each enveloped in gutta-percha, and protected by a wadding of hemp, contained in a metallic covering. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea In Fig 1 there is seen, at e, gutta-percha separating the zinc from the carbon at the base. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 In 1849 Mr. C. V. Walker, electrician to the South Eastern Railway Company, submerged a wire coated with it, or, as it is technically called, a gutta-percha core, along the coast off Dover. Heroes of the Telegraph Jenkin had in fact made a determination at Birkenhead of the specific inductive capacity of gutta-percha, or of the gutta-percha and Chatterton's compound constituting the insulation of the cable, on which he experimented. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin The singer was a young man, undersized and slightly deformed, with close-cut hair, and a large face, droll, pliant and ugly as a gutta-percha mask. The History of David Grieve These, twisted loosely into a small cable, are surrounded by repeated layers of gutta-percha, which is, in turn, covered with jute. Steam, Steel and Electricity It was rough and tough, like gutta-percha, tipped with a fine spike, and armed on each side, for the last inch of its length, with a row of sharp barbs pointing backwards. Concerning Animals and Other Matters It was simply a copper wire coated with gutta-percha, without any other protection. Heroes of the Telegraph "I must be a gutta-percha pitcher, I think, then, or else— "'There's a sweet little cherub who sits up aloft,' etc. as Dibdin has it. Two Years Ago, Volume I Nothing toward using the treasures of gutta-percha which are now wasting in the Balatas? At Last In August, 1850, they laid a single copper wire covered with gutta-percha from Dover in England to the coast of France. Steam, Steel and Electricity Never, never, would he say one word of it, and it was hardly possible to believe that such a strong will was concealed under that cover of “gutta-percha.” Topsy-Turvy The black artificial ones of caoutchouc or gutta-percha are unnatural. The Book of Household Management No mode had been devised for the treatment of india-rubber to make it available for purposes of insulation, and gutta-percha was wholly unknown as an article of use or commerce in this country. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 He talks of a time when the English gutta-percha market shall be supplied from the Balatas of the northern hills, which cannot be shipped away as timber. At Last Stereotyping is the transfer of pages of movable type into solid metal plates, by the medium of moulds formed of plaster of Paris, papier-mâché, gutta-percha, or other substances. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation If he had made a mistake of only the smallest amount he would have torn his gutta-percha cap from his head. Topsy-Turvy It is said that the engineer, who longed to see his idea carried out, tried hard to construct a similar machine with gutta-percha and iron wires, and to set it in motion by electricity. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals My conscience is gutta-percha to- night, through and through, but please say no more, or I'll have to shock you again. A Day of Fate She was a great missionary worker, and she pounced on me like a hawk, and started me off knitting socks for little gutta-percha babies somewhere in the Antipodes, almost before I knew where I was. Winding Paths I should guess, a composition of gutta-percha and india-rubber, which takes colour well, and hardens when applied, so as to lie quite evenly, and resist heat or melting. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay His brain carefully hidden under his cover of gutta-percha was yet untouched, and he would still pass as one of the most remarkable calculators of his age. Topsy-Turvy Submarine telegraph wires running under the sea are usually insulated from the surrounding water by india-rubber or gutta-percha. The Story of Electricity Then, out of heated peroxide of manganese, mixed with sand, with the help of a druggist's vial, the gutta-percha end of a syringe, a basin filled with water, and a jam jar—oxygen was derived. Yama: the pit Also, there were moulds of gutta-percha arranged to hold coins in immersion. The Secret Passage "Of course you have not, for people are to believe that you are a gutta-percha automaton." Beulah For the rest, we lived upon chupatties, or unleavened cakes of flour — very good hot, but "gutta-percha" cold — potatoes from Lahore, and, in the liquid line, tea and brandy. Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet The best materials for the purpose yet discovered are gutta-percha and india-rubber, which are both flexible and very good insulators. The Story of Electricity Whether it be that the stuff it is made of is too much worn, or that the heat of the spiral has melted the gutta-percha, I can observe a certain loss of gas. Five Weeks in a Balloon He wants—or rather, needs— a skull of best spring steel; a spinal column of standard Lowmoor; limbs of gutta-percha; a hide of vulcanised india-rubber; and the less brains he has, the better. Such Is Life It exports tin in large quantities, gutta-percha collected in the interior by the aborigines, coffee, which promises to become an important production, buffalo hides, gum dammar, and gharroo. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Valuable varieties of gutta-percha are obtained from trees of more than a score of species. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo The inner star of twelve copper wires is the conductor, and the black circle round it is the gutta-percha or insulator which keeps the electricity from escaping into the water. The Story of Electricity No! the gutta-percha coating resists much higher temperatures than even this. Five Weeks in a Balloon Taking a fine gutta-percha whip, I flogged the culprits soundly; and we forced them to lead the way and point out the very spot of the elk's death. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon At the bottom of the basket were some curiously-shaped green leaves, rather like the leaves of the gutta-percha tree in shape, only somewhat thicker and of a more fleshy substance. Maiwa's Revenge Who has tried iron, wood, and gutta-percha in layers? Put Yourself in His Place The main conductors conveying the current from the dynamos are commonly of stout copper insulated with air like telegraph wires, or cables coated with india-rubber or gutta-percha, and buried underground or suspended overhead. The Story of Electricity A woman must have recourse to clumsy contrivances of india-rubber and gutta-percha if her silken skirts shall not trail ignobly in the dust. Gala-days He even sported a collar, of which he had a supply, made of white gutta-percha. King Solomon's Mines Joined together one portion of a bank note printed upon one sheet of thin paper and the other part on another; the two were then cemented together by india-rubber, gutta-percha, or other compound. 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. We were rivals, but I desire to treat her with scrupulous fairness, and I admit that she had one good thing, to wit, her gutta-percha tooth. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens It consists of a box of wood or metal primed with gunpowder or other explosive, and a platinum wire P soldered to a pair of stout copper wires W, insulated with gutta-percha. 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