Crystals

Examples

• In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I take preferably not less than 5 parts by weight of pure boracic acid in crystals, and add thereto 1 part of pure phosphate of soda. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• When chemical action between the water and carbide has ceased, and gas bubbles have stopped forming, slaked lime is all that is left of the dark gray crystals which were put into the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• When the hard, gray crystals of calcium carbide are put in water, they give off acetylene, a colorless gas which burns with a brilliant white flame. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Gudrun was laughing and flashing, powdered with snow-crystals, Gerald worked perfectly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• An earthenware jar, _a_, serves to hold the solution of copper, which should be maintained in a saturated state by the addition of crystals of the salt. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• She held it up, the bear was sitting up on his haunches with his paws up, there was a cork in his glass head and a few sticky crystals at the bottom. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He scrutinized the crystals of sodium ammonium racemate obtained from aqueous solution. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• If the action be continued, and the supply of copper be maintained by the addition of fresh crystals of the sulphate, the coat of copper may be increased in thickness to almost any extent. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The Wesselton mine crystals are noted for their octahedra and purity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The Robert Victor yields a big average of fine white stones, and many of the crystals are very perfect and beautiful. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Salt crystals glitter in the sun about the shores of the lake. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Crystals once formed may last unchanged for millions of years. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Take, for example, the substance water that forms the crystals known as ice. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The bare vaulting of trees along the Mall was ceiled with lapis lazuli, and arched above snow that shone like splintered crystals. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Colored of a delicate purple, these crystals are what we call amethysts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I see on your cheek two tears which I know are hot as two sparks, and salt as two crystals of the sea. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It was thus t hat he passed from the study of crystals to the study of ferments. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Voltaic action immediately commences, and the copper will continue to be deposited from the solution as long as the supply of fresh crystals of sulphate of copper is continued. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Now, there are hundreds of combinations that form crystals, and every one of them, save ice, sinks in water. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The De Beers stones are good white, some color, some broken crystals and smoky stones. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Separating the crystals acco rding to the difference of form, he made a solution from each group. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It looks like quartz crystals sticking up out of the dark hollow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The Bulfontein crystals are usually small white octahedras of very good color, but many are flawed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It was Rosedale, fur-coated, glossy and prosperous--but why did she seem to see him so far off, and as if through a mist of splintered crystals? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

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