. Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. The passages leading into the chambers are lined with filaments or bristles, and this end of theshell terminates exteriorly in a covering of these bristles, which conceal the passages; this end isconsequently almost useless, but the opposite is entirely solid, and terminates m the pointed attach-ment of the stalk. Sometimes the shell contains three kernels, less frequently but one only, andwe have heard of one coquilla-nut that was entirely solid. The substance of the shell is brittle,hard, close, and of a hazel-brow
. Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. The passages leading into the chambers are lined with filaments or bristles, and this end of theshell terminates exteriorly in a covering of these bristles, which conceal the passages; this end isconsequently almost useless, but the opposite is entirely solid, and terminates m the pointed attach-ment of the stalk. Sometimes the shell contains three kernels, less frequently but one only, andwe have heard of one coquilla-nut that was entirely solid. The substance of the shell is brittle,hard, close, and of a hazel-brown, sometimes marked and dotted, but generally uniform. Underthe action of shaTp turning tools it is very agreeable to turn, more so than the cocoanut-shell; itmay be eccentric-turned, cut into excellent screws, and admits of an admirable polish, and of beinglackered. On the whole it is a very useful material, and suitable for a great variety ot small 940 WOODS, VARIETIES OF. ornamental works, both turned and filed; coquilla-nuts are extensively manufactured into theknobs o
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