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This last could be done by imbedding small bits of uranium in a "moderator"�a substance which would slow the speed of the neutrons but not absorb them.

From Time Magazine Archive

In late-December, as I have stated, I place the understock in benches using 3-1/2 to 4 inch pots, wetting them thoroughly after imbedding them in peat moss.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Lake, 466.Marine deposits, imbedding of land quadrupeds in, 749, 752.——, of human remains and works of art in, 756.——, of freshwater species in, 768.——, plants and animals imbedded in, 770.Marine vegetation.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Figure 119 shows a method Page 216 of imbedding the thermo-couple in the floor of a furnace so as to require no space in the heating chamber.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

Its distance from the tide line, its position, and its deep imbedding of sand, showed that it was of ancient origin.

From Colonel Starbottle's Client by Harte, Bret