Mixtures
['mɪkstʃɚ]
Examples
- By placing certain mixtures of carbon and sand, or of carbon and clay, between the terminals of a powerful current, a material resembling diamonds, but harder, has been produced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- As is well known common salt mixed with pounded ice or snow lowers the temperature to a considerable degree, so there are other mixtures which will produce a still greater degree of cold. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- These primary qualities are extension and solidity, with their different mixtures and modifications; figure, motion, gravity, and cohesion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The brines and curing mixtures are prepared by trained men who do no other work but this. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Alloys, or mixtures of different metals, act in a similar manner, but in varying degrees. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And good fortune frequently contributes to all this, by discovering the effects that result from the different mixtures and combinations of bodies. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Hence the early chemists made all possible mixtures of pitch, resin, naphtha, sulphur, saltpeter, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He employs two different mixtures, one a feebly explosive mixture, and the other a strongly explosive mixture, used to operate on the piston and thus prolong the explosions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Refrigerating salts and mixtures are used to produce cold artificially. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Furnacemen object to more than a very small proportion of fine ore in their mixtures, particularly when the ore is magnetic, not easily reduced. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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