The Bowery - Yahoo Clubs - Chat about the Bowery Boys comedies. This is a new newsgroup/chat room where you can discuss the Bowery Boys, Dead End Kids and Eastside Kids! A Bowery Boys Website has a nice overview of all the series. Leo Gorcey Jr.'s website where you can get info on his book about him and his father: Me and the Dead End Kid.
Collodion is a flammable, syrupy solution of pyroxylin (a.k.a. nitrocellulose, cellulose nitrate, flash paper, and gun cotton) in ether and alcohol. There are two basic types: flexible; non-flexible. The flexible type is often used as a surgical dressing or to hold dressings in place.
Background. Plywood is made of three or more thin layers of wood bonded together with an adhesive. Each layer of wood, or ply, is usually oriented with its grain running at right angles to the adjacent layer in order to reduce the shrinkage and improve the strength of the finished piece.lywood may be made from hardwoods, softwoods, or a combination of the two. Some common hardwoods include ash, maple, mahogany, oak, and teak. The most common softwood used to make plywood in the United States is Douglas fir, although several varieties of pine, cedar, spruce, and redwood are also used.