Based on the unfinished margins of some of the irregular beads, these were made from the whorl of marine shells.
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Another noteworthy feature, this time of a mechanical nature, of such shells is that they offer no resistance to crumpling when they are deflated.
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Here they knock out electrons from inner electronic shells of the atoms, producing core holes.
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From early times shells have been valued as curiosities and for their extraordinary forms.
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The motors are mounted offcentre in cylindrical shells that allow the belt tension to be adjusted.
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In order to regulate the implosion of shells by usual thermal ablation-compression, the selection of velocities around 4.5 x 107 cm s-1 is important.
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The concentric spherical shells, the so called "onions," constitute a form of carbon consisting of spherical concentric layers of carbon shells.
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At the same time, particular tools can have the eect of increasing experience, and thus demand, as the experience with expert system shells has shown.
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The final velocities achieved for these unstable thin shells are equivalent to those of the uniform-fill loads.
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They form either helical structures or enclosed shells ; the latter are spherical and possess icosahedral symmetry.
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X-ray and neutron scattering analyses of hydration shells : a molecular interpretation based on sequence predictions and modeling fits.
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On death, the shells are incorporated into the lake sediments, thereby preserving a record that can be used to infer past climate change.
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Apart from this, the model is parameter free and is used to obtain the contribution of the different target shells at the different ionization stages.
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The work with the batch of shells enables us to carry out the statistical investigations on fuel layering.
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There are also various analogues shells, pinecones, praying hands - and precedents that arise as metaphors.
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abalone shell
This book also stated that everyone at the time grew azaleas, even if the poorest people had to use anabaloneshellas a container.
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artillery shell
He referred specifically to the 155 mmartilleryshelland the 8 in shell.
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band shell
Thebandshell, site of dances and other entertainment during the war, remains on the site.
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