inalterability

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• Is it about inalterability or change? dhathaway: "Five minutes old, and already the themes of my life - chance and sex - announce themselves" (p. 216) .... —  Serendip's Exchange -
• They are needed to: • Ascertain the correct functioning of the systems respecting the other electric and radioelectrical systems; • Ensure public health and inalterability of the products; • Uniform functioning and coding protocols among the different producers of tags and readers in order to ensure a rapid development of the technology; • Make the exchange of tags information among the different users simple and ef fi cient. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
• The physical and chemical composition of cork bark is peculiarly favorable to the special use to which it is applied; but the champagne wine industry requires of it an exaggerated degree of resistance, inalterability, and elasticity. —  Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887
• [Footnote *: These first four metals have commonly been distinguished by the appellation of perfect or noble metals, on account of their possessing the characteristic properties of ductility, malleability, inalterability, and great specific gravity, in an eminent degree.] [Footnote †: Mercury, in its liquid state, cannot, of course, be called a malleable metal. —  Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments
• Another great advantage of a gelatine print is its inalterability and durability, no chemicals being employed in transferring the picture to the paper. —  The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing

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