Livy's history of early Rome, for example, is a blend of some facts and much fiction.
3. 34 Boulevard Saint Germain £60/50ml, Diptyque, diptyqueparis.co.uk This anniversary fragrance consists of a blend of some of the greatest hits of the famous perfumier.
"Over time, we will have a nice blend of some architectures that remain front-wheel drive and others that go rear-wheel drive," he added.
Distilleries such as Laphroaig and Ardbeg have been selling younger whiskies for some time now, while Milroy's has been promoting its Finest Blend Malt, a blend of some 30 young malts (£19.95; 40% abv), some of which are just over three years old.
A more durable breakthrough occurred in the 1990s with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie (an established comedy duo) playing Jeeves and Wooster in a clever blending of some the best Wodehouse stories, but there were still some disasters, notably Julian Fellowes' adaptation of Piccadilly Jim (straight to DVD), to remind audiences and producers of the perennial "Wodehouse problem".
If used individually, these solvents have their limitations, and efforts to resolve these have produced formulated solvents consisting of blends of amines and some chemical additives.
Scientists have unpicked the genetic secrets of pinot noir, the grape that produces some of the world's finest wines and also contributes to some blends of champagne (see article).
Some blends of the MMA-trifluoromethyl methacrylate with VDF-HFP copolymers give good performances as POF cladding material.
Some blends of binary homopolymer complexes having the same proportion of interacting units as in copolymer complex have also been prepared.
These concoctions tend to contain a blend of ingredients, some of them unnecessary and unproven.
