Its value as a precious metal was long considered second only to gold.

* Its relatively low melting point () means that it is easy to melt the metal, so that the reaction can occur mainly in the liquid phase and thus proceeds fairly quickly.

Its scabbard is made of brown leather and reinforced with metal.

Its legs are among the strongest of any animals, powerful enough to tear down metal wire fences.

Its appearance differs from the oboe in that the reed is attached to a slightly bent metal tube called the bocal, or crook, and the bell has a bulbous shape.

Its small frame building, covered in pressed metal, is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

Its economy is primarily based on trade, transport and food and metal processing.

Its mission is to educate consumers and contractors about the outstanding value and superior longevity of metal roofing for housing applications.

Its small old core contains an impressive wooden mosque, built without metal nails by the Dungan people, and a wooden Orthodox church that was used as a stable during Soviet times ( see state atheism ).

Its first CD " A Dream Return to Tang Dynasty " combines elements of traditional Chinese opera and old school heavy metal.

Its relatively unexplored caves are said to have high deposits of mineral resources such as limestone, gold and metal.

* Its working parts are in a hard smooth rounded metal backpack casing which has little that can snag on things or be easily grasped and pulled at.

Its major branches are fuel mining and production ( 53 %), metallurgy ( 24 %) and metal processing and engineering ( 8. 8 %).

Its disadvantages are its tendency to crack or shatter when the substrate is stressed or bent, but modern enamels are chip and impact resistant because of good thickness control and thermal expansions well-matched to the metal.

Its disadvantages are that it is more vulnerable to interference, and must be kept away from metal objects which can cause power losses.

Its major industry is ship construction and metal fining.

Its gun barrel has been lengthened with a metal extension.

Its zero oxidation state Hg < sup > 0 </ sup > exists as vapor or as liquid metal, its mercurous state Hg < sub > 2 </ sub >< sup > 2 +</ sup > exists as inorganic salts, and its mercuric state Hg < sup > 2 +</ sup > may form either inorganic salts or organomercury compounds ; the three groups vary in effects.

Deena Weinstein ’ s book Heavy Metal: The Music And Its Culture argues that heavy metal “… has persisted far longer than most genres of rock music ” due to the growth of an intense “ subculture which identified with the music ”.

Its embers and metal remnants remain in Konskie

Its tool-head is a loop of flat, sharpened strap metal.

Its 2007 production of 1. 483 million tons of the metal was worth US $ 10. 12 billion, mainly as metal in concentrate, but some as cathode, and was 9. 5 % of world output and 26 % of Chilean production, according to the US Geological Survey's preliminary estimates of 2007 world mine output.

Its venom supposedly corrodes metal and local folklore tells of a predilection for the color yellow.

Its pretense to operate in the public interest is little more than a sham.

Its ontological status is itself most tenuous because apart from individual men, who are its `` matter '', tradition, the `` form '' of society exists only as a shared perception of truth.

Its massive contours are rooted in the simple need of man, since he is always incomplete, to complete himself.

Its truth is illustrated by the skill, sensitivity, and general expertise of the English professor with whom one attends the theatre.

Its success is a tribute, above all, to Trevelyan's brilliance as a literary stylist.

Its sphere is that of royal courts, dynastic quarrels, and vaulting ambitions.

Its primary advantage is that it is a moral choice ; ;

Its elimination would result in the saving of interest costs, heavy when short-term money rates are high, and in freedom from dependence on credit which is not always available when needed most.

Its original appearance is shown in an engraving published in the `` Massachusetts Magazine '' in May 1793, which is reproduced herewith ( Fig. 1 ).

Its oil for heating is metered monthly to each home from a line that starts at a central storage point.

Its president is Otis M. Waters, partner in the law firm of Timen & Waters, 540-K Chrysler Bldg., New York City.

Its life history is much simpler than that of the truly colonial bumblebees and can serve as an example of the life cycle of many other species.

Then in 2 we show that any line involution with the properties that ( A ) It has no complex of invariant lines, and ( B ) Its singular lines form a complex consisting exclusively of the lines which meet a twisted curve, is necessarily of the type discussed in 1.

Its function is to separate from the base ruled mass, among whom private ownership prevails, the governing warrior elite.

Its scope is as broad as the question: What does it mean to live in modern society??

Its speed has increased, it operates at increasingly greater depths, its submerged endurance is becoming unlimited, and it will become even more silent.

Its rotunda forms a perfect circle whose diameter is equal to the height from the floor to the ceiling.

Its abstract decor is by John Hultberg.

Its size is determined by its function as a glycogen and fat storage unit, and may change with the seasons as these reserves are built or used up.

Its usage is mostly restricted to engravings on stone and jewelry, although inscriptions have also been found on bone and wood.

Its body is stout with an arched back and is sparsely covered with coarse hairs.

Its name is Latin for " water-carrier " or " cup-carrier ", and its symbol is 20px (), a representation of water.