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It is a common name in the US due to the American Excelsior Company, which has marketed wood shavings for packaging since the late 1800's.
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Who made Excelsior rifles?
"Excelsior" was used by a few companies to designate an unusually high GRADE of rifle- very fancy wood and metal finish on high dolalr firearms, such as the Savage 99. The Whitney Company had one antique model designated as Excelsior.
What is the definition of excelsior?
"Excelsior" is an adjective that is used to indicate superior quality by being placed in the names of publications, hotels and various products in earlier decades. Wood shavings that are used to package fragile objects are also called "excelsior." The original Latin connotation of this word meant "ever upward." This particular definition has been made popular by the character Patrick Solitano, who uses it frequently in the film "Silver Linings Playbook."
What is the method called which dates organic material such as bones an wood?
The process is called 'carbon dating'.
What packing materials are biodegradable?
Biodegradable packing materials include: * popcorn * straw * wood excelsior * Shredded paper
What is the method called which dates organic material such bones and wood?
Radiocarbon dating
What is the saddles skeletion called?
It is called a tree and may be made from wood, fibre glass or a composite material.
What material through which electricity does not flow is called an?
Insulator, or insulation, or non-conductive material. Wood, plastic and ceramic are examples of non-conductive material often used as insulators.
What is the material in a wood gym floor?
wood
What is manmade wood?
Man-Made Wood, properly called Engineered Wood, is derivative wood which is manufactured by binding the strands, particles, fibers, or veneers of wood, together with adhesives, to form composite materials.
What is a biological material?
Wood is a biological material.
Is wood made ot of trees?
no wood is made out of sheep Trees are made from wood, or to put it another way, wood is the material beneath the bark of trees and shrubs, it is cut and dried to be used by man, it is then called timber.
What kind of material is wood?
Balsa wood is a timber.
