Powders

Examples

• The child with a white blouse appears first red, then blue, then green, according as his powders burn red, blue, or green. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• An enormous quantity of sodium carbonate, or soda, as it is usually called, is needed in the manufacture of glass, soap, bleaching powders, and other commercial products. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• A child wearing a green frock on Independence Day seems at night to be wearing a black frock, if standing near powders burning with red, blue, or violet light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Many housewives look askance at ready-made baking powders and prefer to bake with soda and sour milk, soda and buttermilk, or soda and cream of tartar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Seidlitz powder is a simple remedy consisting of two powders, one containing bicarbonate of soda, and the other, some acid such as cream of tartar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• First mix the powders and color with carmine, and then add the other ingredients and thoroughly mix. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Washing powders are sometimes used instead of washing soda. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• For this reason, many states have prohibited the use of alum in baking powders. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Artificial seidlitz powders were first put up under Savory’s British Pat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In recent years smokeless powders have largely superseded all others. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Powders taken in small quantities and at rare intervals are apparently harmless; but they never remove the cause of the trouble, and hence the discomfort soon returns with renewed force. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Powders designed for special purposes may be purchased from druggists. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Pallid cheeks and blue lips are visible evidence of the too frequent use of headache powders. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Since baking powders in some form are used in almost all homes for the raising of cake and pastry dough, it is essential that their helpful and harmful qualities be clearly understood. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Pure baking powders are very simple in composition, care being used in preparing them and procuring pure ingredients. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The powders that are sold for making soda-water, by mixing them together, consist of carbonate of soda and tartaric acid. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Then add the rest of the mixed powders gradually until all are evenly distributed throughout. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Next to it come the so-called carbonates: first, sodium carbonate, which is already familiar to us as washing soda; and second, sodium bicarbonate, which is an ingredient of baking powders. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The manufacture of soap, glass, bleaching powders, baking powders, washing soda, and other chemicals depends on salt, and it is for these that the salt beds are mined. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• There is the further disadvantage attending such powders, that the tartrate of soda, formed by the tartaric acid and the carbonate of soda, employed to generate the gas, is drunk with the water. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The desire of manufacturers to produce cheap baking powders led to the use of cheap acids and alkalies, regardless of the character of the resulting salt. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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