Moisture

Examples

• The result of moisture in the interior of a magnet is to weaken the effectiveness of the installation, leading eventually to short circuits and burn-outs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• For siding, sheathing, sub-flooring, shingles, window casings and frames, redwood is much used, because of its resistance to decay, both from contact with moisture or dry rot. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Chloride of lime when exposed to the air and moisture slowly gives off chlorine, and can be used as a disinfectant because the gas thus set free attacks germs and destroys them. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Keep a pie pan filled with water in the ventilator for moisture and keep two or three moist sponges in the egg drawer, displacing a few eggs for the purpose. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Hence the importance of an absolutely moisture-proof construction. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This haziness is occasioned by the great quantity of moisture equally diffused in that air. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• After being placed for an instant between blotting paper, to remove superfluous moisture, it is laid with the drawing downwards on the stone, which is slightly warmed. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Our visitor collapsed into a chair, with a ghastly face and a glitter of moisture on his brow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• In the cubical form it is said to contain from twenty-five to thirty per cent moisture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Some kinds of stone seem to do very well, but stone walls carry off the heat and moisture too rapidly to make good silo walls. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• There was no dust, no moisture, to soil the hem of her stainless garment, or to damp her slender sandal. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• God bless you, Old Dobbin, George said, grasping him by the hand, with something very like moisture glistening in his eyes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The highest plants have carried freedom from water so far that they can live and reproduce if only there is some moisture in the soil below them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The discomfort we feel in an overcrowded room is partly due to an excess of moisture in the air, resulting from the breathing and perspiration of many persons. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Here he deals, among other things, with rainfall, the formation of clouds, evaporation, and the distribution and character of atmos pheric moisture. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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