Decolor i meter

An apparatus for testing the bleaching power of a substance, as a bleaching powder or solution. Dec'orated Style. ( Arch .) A style in Gothic architecture which prevailed in England from near the end of the 13th to about the end of the 14th century. In this style the simple forms of the early pointed architecture became more complex, the moldings growing more numerous and refined, while the pillars consist of clustered shafts or moldings arranged on a lozenge plan. Various other decorative features are introduced, especially in the tracery of the windows, which becomes intricate and constitutes the most prominent characteristic of the style. In the beginning of the 15th century the Decorated gradually pa ed into the Perpendicular style. Decoration Day. A day set apart in the United States for visiting the graves of soldiers and decorating them with flowers by surviving comrades or friends; frequently termed Memorial Day. It occurs on May 30, and is a legal holiday in thirty-three of the States, in the territories of Arizona and Oklahoma, and the District of Columbia. Several of the Southern States have appointed a Confederate Memorial Day, the date being April 6 in Louisiana, April 26 in Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and May 10 in North and South Carolina. Decorative Art. The application of the fine arts to objects which have a practical purpose, and are not produced solely as articles of beauty. Thus the term does not apply to painting or statuary, but to the ornamentation of useful things, a practice which is now greatly developed and is receiving increased attention among cultivated peoples. The chief of the decorative arts is architecture-the making of a building beautiful by artistic proportion and gracefulne of form and appropriate ornamentation. But the term applies as well to the ornamentation of furniture, weapons, utensils, ., its field being a vast one, and its devolopment having begun in the most remote period of human labor. See CERAMICS. 1