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Balance of Paint Split and Disintegrated from Surface   15.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.

Disintegrated shell seems to be extremely soluble; of which I found good evidence, in a curious rock at Coquimbo in Chile, which consisted of small, pellucid, empty husks, cemented together.

From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles

Disintegrated granite seems a hard diet, but it suffices, for the determined tree makes the best of the opportunities offered.

From A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Murdock, Charles A. (Charles Albert)

Disintegrated, torn by conflicting interests, pecked by petty rival princes, despairing of her own future, it seemed impossible that she should ever again become a power among the nations.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam by Lord, John

Disintegrated as it was, deflected and disturbed by a hundred forces, thoughts of a common religion and of universal empire nevertheless had much to do to harmonize and unify the people of Europe.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)