Is marble elastic, you inquire? Yes, tests that the Bureau of Standards show that a specimen of marble when subjected to great pressure stretches or gives a certain degree without breaking. This photograph shows D.W. Keesler conducting the so-called flexture test with a machine while was designed fo
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- 1926
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- Harris & Ewing
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