Gallon

Examples

• Butter already rancid can be improved by treatment with a stronger solution (8 drachms of acid to 1 gallon of water), followed by washing in pure water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• To every gallon of juice to be filtered there is placed in the filter 2 ounces of charcoal, 2 scruples of crushed mustard seed, and 6 drachms of ground sassafras root. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• A gallon of water weighs approximately 8. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• And stand a gallon of beer down,' chimed in Mr. Simpson. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Dissolve 3/4 of an ounce of salicylic acid in a gallon of cider, and then add this amount to each barrel of cider. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• To keep oysters stir into them 3 ounces of the solution (cold) to each gallon of oysters. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Dewar produced the first ounce of liquid air at a cost of $3,000, but that now Mr. Tripler claims that he can produce it by his apparatus for five cents a gallon. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• On this bridge is located a gasoline pump, from which each tank receives one gallon of gasoline before it is installed in the car. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I feel as if I had been half drowned, and swallowing a gallon of it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The corks should always be boiled in water containing 1 ounce to the gallon, which is also efficient in disinfecting tubes, taps, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• After four breakfasts and a gallon of champagne, to serve us such a scurvy trick. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• As to the cost of the process the cost per gallon, as far as he could tell--he could not tell exactly--would be under 1s. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• They put in with a stone two-gallon jar for some beer. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Soak the clothes over night in water to which has been added a table-spoonful of the fluid for each gallon of water; also add a little in washing water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• According to the claims of some it may be produced at a cost of a few cents a gallon. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Sparkling Must requires an addition of 6 to 7 ounces of salicylic acid per 100 gallons. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• About 1/4 to 3/4 of an ounce per 50 gallons will be found sufficient for most wines. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The heat-treating department contains about seventy-five large furnaces, which consume from 5,000 to 6,000 gallons of fuel oil per day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Her grandfather had returned, and was busily engaged in pouring some gallons of newly arrived rum into the square bottles of his square cellaret. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• As constructed to-day it is an enormous vessel (see Fig. 173), capable of holding 7,000 or more gallons, and yielding 250 barrels of sugar at a strike. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Built in 1894, at which time it had a capacity of 900 gallons per minute. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The boiler evaporated 114 gallons of water in the hour, and consumed, in the same time, 217 pounds of coke. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• One of Mr. Appold's pumps, only one inch in diameter (the exact size of the small diagram), will discharge ten gallons per minute. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Add enough water to complete ten gallons, and charge with gas. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• A shipment of eight gallons from New York to Washington for lecture purposes shrunk to three gallons in two days’ time. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Now add hot water, 5 gallons, to the mixture, stir well, and let it stand a few days covered from the dirt. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• These machines use some 2,500 gallons of lubricating oils and 11,000 gallons of cutting fluids each day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Refrigeration is at present its most natural and obvious use, and it is claimed that eleven gallons of the material when gradually expanded has the refrigerating power of one ton of ice. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Boil for fifteen minutes in eight gallons of water and let stand till cold to settle down, then strain through a flannel rag, and add to it in the fountain: Syrup 12 pints. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• On this type of steamer the pump will deliver 250 gallons of water at 120 pounds pump pressure. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Checked by Enrique