His sixty years of exposure, hardship, and danger seemed to have but toughened his physique and strengthened his vitality.
The rude jest at her expense did not seem to his withered and toughened taste in the least out of the way.
Aº Toughened glass resisted fracture until a weight of more than 510 lb.
His process consists in heating the glass to be toughened to a temperature close upon its softening point, and then plunging it into a bath of oil, or into a mixture of oleaginous substances kept at a much lower temperature.
It is to be observed, however, that in particular cases it is possible both to saw and pierce the toughened glass.
A tumbler which had been toughenedin Monsieur de la Bastie's works, was, in my presence, thrown upon the ground, yet it did not break.
I have now detailed most of the useful experiments which have been made by competent observers upon toughened glass, as well as some which have been conducted in my own laboratory.
I was consulted some time ago by a gentleman interested in the introduction of toughened glass into this country, as to whether this kind would become untoughened in time.
Toughened glass resisted the blow of the 3-1/2 oz.
Plates of toughenedglass were allowed to fall on the floor from a height, or were thrown to a distance, without breaking.
From this and other similar experiments, I was led to the conclusion that none of the toughened articles which have cavities in them, have thoroughly undergone the toughening process.
It appears then from these experiments, thattoughened glass will resist a blow five times as great as ordinary glass, and will bear seven times as great a weight.
A toughened tumbler was filled with plaster of Paris, which was allowed to set.
In the first, the lower temperature and long curdling time with ripened milk gives a soft friable curd which may be toughened somewhat by cutting and stirring in the whey.
If the temperature is raised too fast in relation to the acidity, the film surrounding each piece of curd will becometoughened so that the moisture will not be able to escape.
They had been toughened by the rough-and-tumble of their strange experiences, and inured to the brooding silence and dark avenues of the forest; but they entered into a scene that tried their nerves.
I guess I can cross two little states without it finishin' me off--leastwise I reckon anyone who has toughened it out with General Forrest can do that much.
Their sun-burned faces, toughened figures and worn, desert-stained clothing testified to their weeks of toil in the open air under the dry sky of an almost rainless land.
While the sinews of the Indian were toughened by his mode of life, his muscles were kept in a perfectly flexible condition.
This molded men of stalwart proportions, promoted self-assertion, augmented confidence, stiffened reliance, and toughened the fiber of character by effort.
A few minutes later they were in the conning-tower again, watching the approach of the Martian fleet through the thick windows of toughened glass which enabled them to look in every direction except straight down.
Hardened steel and toughened glass ought to be more than a match for a lot of exaggerated jelly-fish like these," said Redgrave, as he switched on the head searchlight.
Thus, good-humouredly, I began to clamber up the ravine through a perplexity of shrubs growing among loosely packed stones, thankful for strong boots and hands toughened by the sun.
Toughened muscle is useful and in the trackless North can seldom be dispensed with; but man's strength does not consist of that alone: there are occasions when the stalwart fall behind and die.
There was not an ounce of superfluous flesh upon his comrade, who was hardened and toughened by determined labor.
They went down in silence; and, by the pressure of a button in the conning-tower, the Captain lowered the long gun into the deck, the same machinery sliding a heavy shield of toughened steel over the opening left by its disappearance.
They hollow helming for the head; they bend the withe around For buckler-boss: or other some beat breast-plates of the brass, Or from the toughened silver bring the shining greaves to pass.
It seemed to March that in the old man's warped and toughened heart he perceived a disappointed love for his son greater than for his other children; but this might have been fancy.
Was it the beginning, the promise of that reconciliation with death which nature brings to life at last, or was it merely the effect, or defect, of ossified sensibilities, of toughened nerves?
France was never cohesive until a mixture of Teuton had toughened it.
Toughened muscle is useful and in the trackless North can seldom be dispensed with; but man's strength does not consist of that alone; there are occasions when the stalwart fall behind and die.
There was not an ounce of superfluous flesh upon his comrade, who was hardened and toughened by determined labour, and the term hog appeared singularly inappropriate.
The toughenedidealist may not look or act like an idealist, but in reality his idealism is one of the practically-wise construction.
Next to the noble knight of the eraser comes the idealist who has been toughened by experience in the cold world.
The dreamer who has been toughened by experience is one who lets his rational brain have control.
Some of their survivors had been toughened to the point of pickling by the salt of life.
How are we to supply this need for men trained and toughened to every hardship that must be borne by a soldier fighting under our flag in time of war?
His shrewd eyes were sharp and bright under heavy brows, his brown face was toughened by days in the saddle through all seasons of weather and wind.
Frances, looking up with her great pity into his stern, set face, saw a tear creeping down his cheek, toughened by the fires of thirty years' campaigns.
Colston pulled back the slide which covered the large oblong pane of toughened glass which was let into the side of his cabin and looked out.
A World reporter has lately visited the works in Brooklyn where the manufacture of the La Bastie toughened glass is now in active progress.
The toughened chimneys are about 60 per cent dearer than those of ordinary glass.
He hoped to be toughened up by next morning, but when daylight came his muscles were so sore and tender that he could not bear to touch them with his finger.
They fancied death no more than other men, but seafaring was a perilous trade and they were toughened to its hazards.
All that sustained his courage was the sanguine disposition of Joe Hawkridge, whose youthful soul had been so battered and toughened by dangers manifold on land and sea that he expected nothing less.
Toughened in frame and fibre by his five years of sea-roving, he had become strong and self-reliant, a man in action though but a boy in years.
Her fibre was to be toughened by the infusion of a stronger race.
Her fibre was toughened by perpetual strain of conflict.
