Metallic

Examples

• Valuable metallic ores, such as those of gold, platinum, tin, copper and iron, often occur in the form of sand or mixed with that substance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In the mean time the French scientist obtained radiations from metallic uranium and from uranous salts. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• But the productions of the most distant metallic mines frequently may, and in fact commonly are. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Two years thereafter, Mr. Emile Berliner of Washington had invented the _gramophone_, which consists in etching on a metallic plate the record of voice waves. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The receiving instrument at the other end of the line was constructed upon much the same general lines as the transmitter, consisting of a metallic drum and reels for the paper tape. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The metallic clang heard by Miss Stoner was obviously caused by her stepfather hastily closing the door of his safe upon its terrible occupant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• After that exhibition we had a house-cleaning at the laboratory, and the metallic-filament lamps were stored away, while preparations were made for our experiments on carbon lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It is chiefly rose red, then blue, a metallic, mid-blue, and a very soft dark blue. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The aneroid barometer is an air-tight box whose top is made of a thin metallic disk which bends inward or outward according to the pressure of the atmosphere. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Now only the image-forming silver bromide particles remain, and these have been transformed to metallic silver. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In a short time a white metallic image is obtained, which, when relieved by a background of black velvet or black varnish, equals in delicacy of finish the most beautiful Daguerreotypes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Metallic silver takes the place of potassium, forming insoluble iodide of silver on the film. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• And she was so hard awake, it was almost frightening--a hard, metallic wakefulness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• An engine operated by steam produced by the hydration and dehydration of metallic salts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• When attacked by pyro, those silver bromide particles which have been affected by light--and only those--change to black metallic silver. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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