bendable

Updated: May 9, 2025

"Say," he remarked to me in a confidential undertone, though pitched quite loud enough for Miss Browne's ears, "is it real? Would it have bendable j'ints, now, same as you and me?" Miss Browne whirled upon him. "'Old your tongue, you 'orrid brute!" she shrieked.

Camilla Kenyon - Spanish Doubloons

Many a groan did Ned give when he studied the mounting cost sheets. Tom, however, was deaf to all his chum's protestations. "I had hoped your new bendable glass would more than repay the cost of your telescope," grumbled Ned. "That's gone, and it looks to me as though everything else'll go too. The Swift Construction Company will soon be bankrupt, Tom Swift, if you don't slow down!"

Victor [pseud.] Appleton - Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope

The fugitive crook, Hammer, had finally been nabbed, still with the formula for the bendable glass in his possession. Tom was glad to get this back, even though patent proceedings were under way, for anyone holding the papers could have instituted a costly legal contest.

Victor [pseud.] Appleton - Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope

Tom had discovered that his bendable glass mixture had cooled to a critical temperature, making it necessary to remove it from the furnace at once lest it be ruined. In a small secret chamber beneath his private laboratory he had set up a sort of miniature glass works which would have astonished any ordinary glass worker, for the young inventor had devised an entirely new method of procedure.

Victor [pseud.] Appleton - Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope