The vibration level during machining, and the after-machining tool-flank wear were measured and the surface roughness parameters of turned specimens were assessed.
One can only assume that, on the verge of bankruptcy and with no qualms about misleading a public who had failed to stump up the cash to save his life's collection, Donovan turned his specimen into "the last Wolf" in the hope of a few extra quid.
This force creates a moment along the mile axis and tries to turn the specimen.
Turn the specimen so that the darkest side of the shelled scallop is facing upwards.
In turning people into laboratory specimens and using genetic theory to try to breed superior strains of people, scientists play God by making value judgments about the most desirable human qualities, usually deemed to be measurable intelligence and physical endowment.
The easy intimacy and casual charm that he cultivated as a vocalist carried over into his acting, turning this unlikely physical specimen — he was short and slightly tubby, with a receding hairline and flapping, famously untamable ears — into an irresistible screen presence, appealing equally to men and women.
The flowers soon became fashionable and the search for rare and beautiful specimens turned into a craze.
Photograph: Zoe Williams So this morning, I've waited til the children have gone to school to hoover up their blueberries, but I'm also going to turn these sad specimens into a smoothie.
A summer-squash salad, laced with pesto, earned raves one evening for its crunch and snap; another night, the flavors were still zippy but the texture was limp; an heirloom-tomato salad once came out as slices of fairly unprepossessing fruit, but a second visit turned up vivid specimens worthy of the name.
At base, the bad science and the media coverage and social trends that swirl around it mean we don't examine the underlying assumptions about parenting: that women are "naturally" better at it, that we must devote ourselves to children's development to turn out proper specimens, and that if we don't, we're failing.
