Cavities

Examples

• Other rocks, like limestone, are so readily soluble in water that from the small pores and cavities eaten out by the water, there may develop in long centuries, caves and caverns (Fig. 30). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The stalagmites were all a little concave, and the cavities were filled with water. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The brilliancy of the diamond hides these flaws when the diamond is clean, but when clouded with soap and dust these cavities fill up and show plainly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There are eight rectangular tubes resting on those piers, to form two lines of railway, each tube being 28 feet high and 14 feet wide, exclusive of the cellular cavities at the top and bottom. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• These cavities are rectangular, and extend from one end of the bridge to the other, and may be regarded as long tubes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Sound is conveyed through these cavities as readily as through speaking tubes, and conversation can be thus easily carried on across the Straits. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Surface flaws consist of nicks or cavities in the face of the stone either above or below the girdle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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