They poured oil into the tiny vessel and launched it with a prayer.
Music was playing continuously (Glenn Gould, Meredith Monk) and the white walls were filled with installations of thousands of fragile porcelains waiting to be packed up, vessel by tiny vessel, and shipped by boat to New York for the Gagosian show.
Arnold lost both battles, but his construction of a fleet of tiny vessels, mostly gondolas (gundalows) and galleys, had forced the British to build a larger fleet and hence delayed their attack on Fort Ticonderoga until the following spring.
And those tiny vessels just were not able to supply enough blood.
"Big Effects from Tiny Vessels: Imaging the impact of microvascular clots and hemorrhages on the brain". Stroke 44: S90.
The newer view of IHD suggests that the tiny vessels feeding the heart can also become constricted and reduce blood flow.
Fish have just a few large blood vessels that bring blood to and from the gills, where tiny vessels pick up oxygen from the water.
When a polymer containing these capsules is damaged, crack induced breakage of the tiny vessels would lead to contact of the aforesaid reactants and hence autonomous polymerization of the released monomer, so that the damaged portions are re-bonded.
It's essential, because blood vessels deliver life-sustaining oxygen and nutrients to the cells, but the tiny vessels travel circuitous paths through organs -- surrounded at all times by other types of cells.
The power of modern electronics means that such tiny vessels can be equipped with lots of useful kit, including GPS trackers, cameras and radios.
