The wood-grain appearance is from the folding techniques used during forging. Although both the pearlite and martensite can be polished to a mirror-like shine, they are often given a matte finish instead, to make the differences in the hardness stand out.

Although diorite is rough-textured in nature, its ability to take a polish can be seen in the diorite steps of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, where centuries of foot traffic have polished the steps to a sheen.

Although it has been rumoured that Jerden executives pushed The Sonics into a more polished sound, the band had decided to follow new influences in modern music, resulting in songs that were quite different from their raucous early recordings.

Although appearing outwardly similar to the restyled 105TC with its lower door & wheelarch trims, the 130TC could be distinguished by its polished four-spoke alloy wheels ( continued from the earlier 125TC ), aerodynamic perspex front door wind deflectors, and lower hatchback spoiler.

Although it is common to discuss the " emissivity of a material " ( such as the emissivity of highly polished silver ), the emissivity of a material does in general depend on its thickness.

Although isolated from most of the major centers of musical activity, he was a polished composer in the style of Lassus and penned an extremely influential treatise on the rhetorical application of compositional devices.

Although Meyer was credited with writing the episode, Jean and Reiss re-wrote and polished the script.

Although Meyer was credited with writing the episode, Jean and Reiss re-wrote and polished the script.

Although their improvements were subtle, they did serve to stabilize a developing protocol, and are the most polished revisions of the original to date.

Although some critics have described the album as being overly polished and slick, Tripping the Live Fantastic is still considered a generous and enjoyable memento from McCartney's first world tour in over a decade.

Although the manufacturer committed to re-do the broken parts, Gaudí liked the aesthetic of the broken masonry and asked that the pieces be stuck to the main structure with lime mortar and held in with a brass ring.

Although forms of brass have been in use since prehistory, its true nature as a copper-zinc alloy was not understood until the post medieval period because the zinc vapor which reacted with copper to make brass was not recognised as a metal.

Although once made of various kinds of wood, glass or ivory, piccolos today are made from a range of materials, including plastic, resin, brass, nickel silver, silver, and a variety of hardwoods, most commonly grenadilla.

Although many cameras of the mid nineteenth century were wooden and " boxy " in appearance with a brass fitted lens on the front they should not be confused with the mass produced box cameras that exploded in popularity after the introduction of the first Kodak.

Although the most of the instruments used by British brass bands had existed and had been used together for some time, they only became a mass activity in the 1840s and 1850s out of village, church and military bands.

Although there are isolated examples of thimbles made of precious metals — Elizabeth I is said to have given one of her ladies-in-waiting a thimble set with precious stones — the vast majority of metal thimbles were made of brass.

Although he only makes a brief appearance in the narrative, his brass plates would play an important role amongst the Nephites, who are the book's main protagonists.

Although brass and cupro-nickel were used for some of the 1992 issues, later issues were all in aluminium.

Although session musicians contributed a wide range of live instruments ( double bass, electric guitar, brass section, flute, strings ), and jazz singer Liane Carroll provided vocals on two tracks, the LP was essentially a studio work, under the control of producer / DJ duo Colman and Goss.

Although they were made of steel and brass, Perkins claimed that they were made of unusual metal alloys.

Although this may mean he was a metalsmith, a comparison with verses 20 and 21 suggests that he may have been the very first artificer in brass and iron.

Although the exact length was never defined in English law, standards were kept ; the brass ell examined at the Exchequer by Graham in the 1740s had been in use " since the time of Queen Elizabeth ".

Although the trophy was not at Brockville to be presented, Dunipace enjoyed the moment thoroughly and on their return to Denny station were met by a 30 fog signal salute and a brass band to march them back to Dunipace to a crowd of hundreds who had gathered to welcome the team home.

Although Cheney was trained as a maker of fine clocks in brass and other materials, Eli Terry, a clockmaker who had trained as a clockmaker with either Timothy or Benjamin Cheney, had just invented a method of producing the parts for wooden shelf, or pillar-and-scroll clocks that enabled them to be mass-produced using interchangeable parts.

Although a family friend agreed to sponsor him, he lacked money for passage and came up with a plan to independently salvage brass and other metals to sell.

Although forestry is not a significant economic activity in Eritrea, its forested area covers, or 13. 5 percent of the total land area.

Although this word, in English, has taken on purely military connotations, in reality it covers the vast range of human enterprise-family life, work, spiritual development, and, at the end of all this, justified defensive warfare.

Although their range covers a small percentage of Africa, gorillas cover a wide range of elevations.

Although it should be noted that, by this point, several acts, notably Dylan on John Wesley Harding ( written during The Basement Tapes sessions ) and The Byrds on Sweetheart of the Rodeo ( featuring two Basement Tapes covers ), had made similar stylistic moves.

Although this cemetery covers only a small section of underground tunnels comprising " les carrières de Paris " (" the quarries of Paris "), Parisians today often refer to the entire tunnel network as " the catacombs ".

Although Cook Strait is only 24 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, the ferry journey covers 70 kilometres.

Although he gave Penguin's books ( particularly the Pelican range ) a unified look and enforced many of the typographic practices that are taken for granted today, he allowed the nature of each work to dictate its look, with varied covers and title pages.

Although open-ended, the " V " system currently covers a range from V0 to V16.

Although McGann played the Doctor on television only once, he gave permission for his likeness to be used on the covers of the BBC's Eighth Doctor novels and he has reprised the role of the Eighth Doctor in an extensive series of audio plays by Big Finish Productions.

Although a few lower-powered stations are located closer to Blackford County in cities such as Muncie, Marion, and Kokomo, these stations typically do not have a broadcast range that covers all of Blackford County.

Although the Bureau states there is no water, the lake covers about 1600 acres ( 6. 5 km² or 2. 5 sq mi ).

Although the grand jury indictment covers only the 2007 to 2010 time span, some former officials contend that cash payments of fines had been systematically stolen as long as 10 years prior.

Although commercial and residential development now covers most of the Chantilly ( Ox Hill ) battlefield, a small county park preserves a five acre ( 19, 000 m² ) portion of the battle site.

Although snow covers Crater Lake National Park for eight months of the year ( average annual snowfall is ), the lake rarely freezes over due in part to a relatively mild onshore flow from the Pacific Ocean.

Although 6 May was the official date that the labels became available, there are covers postmarked 2 May, due to postmasters selling the stamps from 1 May.

Although " Der Kommissar " saw nearly contemporaneous and fairly straightforward mainstream covers including the loose translation by After The Fire and the reinterpretation by Laura Branigan, both in 1982 / 1983, Falco's song " Rock Me Amadeus " has seen more frequent use.

Although some are legal in the United States, many of these covers are not.

Although Vera itself covers only common punctuation and the Latin alphabet with some diacritics, its license allows others to make and distribute derivative works with some restrictions, and the DejaVu fonts project is expanding it with additional glyphs and styles.

Although this was a deliberate choice by writer Roy Thomas, it created confusion in Marvel's production department, as the covers of Avengers # 85 and # 141 ( Nov. 1975 ) claimed the issues featured appearances by the Squadron Sinister, when in fact it was the Squadron Supreme that appeared in both issues.

Although classic blues covers and blues-styled originals remained prominent in the band's repertoire through this period, Green rapidly blossomed as a writer and contributed many successful original compositions from 1968 onwards.

Although NASA had itself contracted to carry stamp covers on the mission, the actions of the astronauts were not illegal, and NASA had turned a blind eye to similar activities on earlier flights, the administration decided to make an example of Scott and his crew and none of them flew in space again.

Although the scales are golden, the anal and caudal fins are reddish-brown. Mature red-tailed golden arowanas have brilliant metallic gold lateral scales, gill covers, bellies, and pectoral and pelvic fin membranes, although the back is dark.

Although technically the term ' electoral fraud ' covers only those acts which are illegal, the term is sometimes used to describe acts which are legal but nevertheless considered morally unacceptable, outside the spirit of electoral laws, or in violation of the principles of democracy.

Although they performed mainly covers, the group also wrote original music they would include as part of their set.