Shore durometer Shore durometer The Shore durometer is a device for measuring the hardness of a material, typically of polymers, elastomers, and rubbers.. Higher numbers on the scale indicate a greater resistance to indentation and thus harder materials. Lower numbers indicate less resistance and softer materials. The term is also used to describe a material‘s rating on the scale, as in an object having a “‘Shore durometer’ of 90.” The scale was defined by Albert Ferdinand Shore, who developed a suitable device to measure hardness in the 1920s. It was neither the first hardness tester nor the first to be called a
Westfield South Shore Westfield South Shore. Dick's opened in April 2017 in the former Sears space. Westfield South Shore Westfield South Shore is a super-regional shopping mall in Bay Shore, New York, United States. The mall is owned by the Westfield Group, and has of gross leasable area. The mall originally opened as the South Shore Mall on August 30, 1963. The mall was opened in 1963 by the R.H. Macy Company, which opened the 3-level, Macy's as the original anchor. The open-air, 70-store first phase of the mall was completed by 1967, and originally included stores such as Record Town, Woolworth's, Lerner