 | John Clark Ridpath - 1897 - 500 pages
...are steeped in water iu pits, and then beaten with a stick till the fiber readily separates. C. is one of the best materials for cables, on account of its lightness, elasticity, and strength. Coke, the solid product or residue of the carbonization of coal. Gas-C. is... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1898 - 960 pages
...even for a year, and then beaten with a stick till the fiber readily separates. C. is now well known as one of the best materials for cables, on account of its lightness, elasticity, and strength. C. ropes are produced in great quantity in the Laccadive islands. They are... | |
 | Botany, Economic - 1898 - 306 pages
...advantage of. In the ¡iritish Manufacturing Industries (on fibres and Cordage) it is stated, " Coir is one of the best materials for cables on account of its lightness, elasticity, and strength. It is duiable and little affected when wetted with salt water. Numerous instances... | |
 | English literature - 1855 - 622 pages
...thousand tons. ' Its ' character has long been established in the East, and it is now ' well known in Europe as one of the best materials for cables, ' on account of its lightness, elasticity, and strength. It is ' durable also, and little affected when wetted with salt water. *... | |
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... readily separates. C. is now well known as one of the best materials for cables, on account of its lightness, elasticity, and strength. C. ropes are produced in great quantity in the Laccadive islands. 
