Extinguishing

Examples

• Some worked as well, but none any better, than common salt in extinguishing fire. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The liquid extinguishing agent has seen little change since 1907. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A vapor seemed to spread in all directions from where the salt solution struck the board, extinguishing the flame as it went. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Devices for extinguishing fire are almost coeval with that element itself. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I abstained from speaking to her for some time, but just before extinguishing the light, I recommended her to lie down. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It was then certain that the extinguishing power was in the solution itself. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• When the great orb of day disappears beneath the horizon the effect is precisely as that of the extinguishing of a single lamp within a chamber. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Boiling the solution liberated a slight amount of gas in addition; but altogether the gas was not enough to be of any practical benefit in extinguishing fire. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• No practical increase in extinguishing power from this addition was noticed. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• We herewith append a number of fire-extinguishing compounds, all of which are highly recommended by various authorities: =Munich Fire-Extinguishing Powder. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The fire extinguisher is therefore the source of a liquid containing the fire-extinguishing substance and further the source of a stream of carbon dioxide gas. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The latter came when the efficiency of carbon tetrachloride as an extinguishing agent became known. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• All use an extinguishing liquid with carbon tetrachloride as a base. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Editor: Sharon