...The roof was thatched with a hard sort of rushes, more durable and less likely to catch fire than straw...
Captain Frederick Marryat 「The Mission; or Scenes in Africa」
... The articles thus manufactured were not fine in form or finish, but they were durable, and answered the purposes of a rude method of agriculture...
Louis Hughes 「Thirty Years a Slave」
... What is a piece of money, in fact? It is a bill of exchange written upon solid and durable material, and carrying with it its own redemption...
P. J. Proudhon 「What is Property?」
...Great care is used in the tempering of the springs and it is a fact well known to the users of this goods that the Newhouse spring is more reliable and more durable than any other...
Elmer Harry Kreps 「Science of Trapping」
...White lead stiffened with whiting is sometimes useful intaking the place of putty, and is a trifle more durable...
Montagu Browne 「Practical Taxidermy」
...These garments were of “cottonade,” that beautiful and durable fabric peculiar to Louisiana, and so well suited to the southern climate...
Mayne Reid 「The Hunters' Feast」
...The material for a country houseshould be strong, and durable, and the work simple in itsdetails, beyond that for either town or suburban houses...
Lewis Falley Allen 「Rural Architecture」
...The first mode would be thecheapest, although not so warm and durable as the other, yet quitecomfortable when warmed by a stove...
Lewis Falley Allen 「Rural Architecture」
...There is a littlepale limestone among the hills to the south; but this marble, orprimitive limestone (for it is not highly crystalline), is not only moreeasy of access, but a more durable stone...
John Ruskin 「The Poetry of Architecture」
...Copal resin may be substituted for the amber, but itis not so durable...
William N. Brown 「Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition」
...We mayobserve, however, that as indigo is not a permanent pigment, the coloursit yields by admixture cannot be durable as far as the blue isconcerned...
George Field 「Field's Chromatography」
...A gorgeousand durable substitute for that fugitive pigment is produced bycompounding the orient with aureolin, or by using the latter as a glaze...
George Field 「Field's Chromatography」
...From several metals besides those mentioned, yellows more or less vividand durable may be obtained—from tin, nickel, cerium, molybdenum, &c...
George Field 「Field's Chromatography」
...Whetherused alone or in tint these are, if genuine, perfectly reliable, andcomprise the list of those durable colours which may be called pigmentsof the first class...
George Field 「Field's Chromatography」
...On the wholeit is more durable than crimson lake...
George Field 「Field's Chromatography」
...The rubiate also furnishesa fine red ink, and is a durable stain for printing on cotton, &c...
George Field 「Field's Chromatography」
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