ARBOR

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 3

The principal spindle or axis which communicates motion to the other parts of a machine. ARBOR DIANiE. The tree of silncr, that metal hiiving been called Dfana by old chemists; it is made by I)utting quicksilver into a solution of nitrate of silver, which causes the separation of the silver in a beautiful Miborescent and crystalline form. [s. 84]