Britainâs response was swift. The following spring, Parliament passed four acts known collectively, by the British, as the âCoercive Acts.â Colonists, however, referred to them as the âIntolerable Acts.â First, the Boston Port Act shut down the harbor and cut off all trade to and from the city.
The bulk density often is the bulk density of the powder âas pouredâ or as passively filled into a measuring vessel. The tapped density is a limiting density attained after âtapping down,â usually in a device that lifts and drops a volumetric measuring cylinder containing the powder a fixed distance.
Cane tips come in several different kinds. The basic purpose of a tip is to protect the end of the cane shaft as the cane is being tapped or slid across the travelers path. The tip must be durable and must be of such a size and shape that it won't catch on every crack or small hole that is encountered.