Aqua
['ækwə]
Definition
(n.) Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.
Typist: Miguel
Examples
- Senefelder, in his subsequent improvements, gave a slight relief to the letters by the original plan of using diluted aqua-fortis, by which means the impressions obtained were blacker. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I mixed one part of aqua-fortis with five parts of water, and poured it on the stone to the height of two inches, having previously walled it round with wax in the usual manner. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The diluted aqua-fortis was permitted to rest on the stone five minutes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Ammonia dissolved in water, known as aqua ammonia, is placed in a boiler or still above a furnace. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The preparation sold under this name is made as follows: Dissolve 6 parts of soap in 2 parts of water; add 4 parts of bleaching liquor and 1/4 part of aqua ammonia. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Typed by Harley