Immersed

Examples

• A generator containing a strong solution of ammonia is connected by a pipe to an empty receiver immersed in cold water. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But fabrics immersed in a bleaching powder solution do not lose their color as would naturally be expected. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• When the mixture was heated, the ammonia was driven over to the other end of the tube, immersed in a cold bath, and the ammonia gas became liquefied. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• She was immersed in thought, but not for long. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• That this solution has bleaching properties is shown by the fact that a colored cloth dipped into it loses its color, and unbleached fabrics immersed in it are whitened. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Down at the far end in a corner are a plain little table and chair, and here he is often to be found deeply immersed in a study of the many experiments that are being conducted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• At No. 3 a tin dipper, which has been immersed in liquid air, has become so cold and crystalline that it breaks like glass when dropped. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• As soon as the plates are immersed in the acid solution, minute bubbles of gas rise from the zinc strip and it begins to waste away slowly. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• To avoid this it is washed first in water and then immersed in a chloride of gold toning bath and fixed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• With that apology, the lawyer had gone back to his own room, and had immersed himself obstinately in his black bag. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He is completely immersed in large public questions, and is rather inaccessible to all ordinary emotions. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Bruff opened it, with his papers in his hand--immersed in Law; impenetrable to Medicine. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Method of distilling liquids by incandescent conductor immersed in the liquid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• After the supper-hour was over, however, he again became the serious, energetic inventor, deeply immersed in the work at hand. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The generator is immersed in cold water and pressure on the liquid ammonia removed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In the house Professor Porter and Mr. Philander were immersed in an absorbing discussion of some weighty scientific problem. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He placed 100 land-shells, belonging to ten species, in a box pierced with holes, and immersed it for a fortnight in the sea. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• After the rear axle has been completely assembled, it is immersed in a tank containing enamel, and is hung on a special trolley which runs by gravity along an I-beam track. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• For instance eggs were beautifully preserved, and steak immersed in the solution did not become either mouldy or decomposed, but on the contrary appeared to retain its flavor. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The bleached material is then immersed in a neutralizing bath and is finally rinsed thoroughly in water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• These are immersed in a 10 per cent. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It comes in the form of powder, which can be dissolved in water to form the bleaching solution in which the colored fabrics are immersed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It might be thought that, immersed in business and preoccupied with schemes of this character, Mr. Edison was to blame for the neglect of his son's education. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The first storage battery of importance, however, was made by Gaston Planté in 1860, which consisted of leaden plates immersed in a 10 per cent. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The cold brine passes from _A_ to a tank in which are immersed cans filled with water, and within a short time the water in the cans is frozen into solid cakes of ice. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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