"Malleability" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... polished on the surface, is also required. It is frequently used to test the malleability ...
— A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe • Anonymous
... intrigue; and what one exacted, and the other was content to yield, towards the mutual accommodation, might add one more example to the large chapter of political infirmity. Both workmen attempting to convert each other into tools, by first trying their respective malleability on the anvil, are liable to be disconcerted by even a slight accident, whenever that proves, to perfect conviction, how little they can depend on each other, and that each party comes to cheat, and not ...
— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Isaac D'Israeli
... natural rose is, under all circumstances, a better adornment than its imitation in rubies and diamonds. The precious metals, on the other hand, have certain properties—durability, lustre, and extraordinary malleability—which in many cases make it imperative to employ them for decorative purposes. Nevertheless, even their employment is very limited among us. These studs here, and the fillet in my daughter's hair, ...
— Freeland - A Social Anticipation • Theodor Hertzka
... more ready making of his usual illustrative sketches of machinery in chalk. His love of iron-forging led him to take delight in forging the models of work to be ultimately done in iron; and cold lead being of about the same malleability as red-hot iron, furnished a convenient material for illustrating the method to be adopted with the large work. I well remember the smile of satisfaction that lit up his honest face when he met with a good excuse for ...
— Industrial Biography - Iron Workers and Tool Makers • Samuel Smiles |
