Thus Iron in Aqua fortis will fall into ebullition, with noise and emication, as also a crass and fumid exhalation, which are caused from this combat of the sulphur of Iron with the acid and nitrous spirits of Aqua fortis.
From whence ariseth an Aqua vitae or spirit, which the volatile salt of the same Urine will congeal; and finding an earthy concurrence, strike into a lapideous substance.
So Sugar will not dissolve beyond the capacity of the Water, nor a Metal in aqua fortis be corroded beyond its reception.
Thus upon a solution of Tin by Aqua fortis, there will ensue a coagulation, like that of whites of Eggs.
Tartar, but rather between the nitrous spirits ofAqua Regis, commixed per minima with the sulphur of Gold, as Sennertus hath observed.
By this fallacy was he deceived that drankAqua fortis for strong water.
Boil some nut-galls in aqua fortis, and add to the infusion some gum Arabic and a little sulphuric acid.
The water distilled from them was formerly in such great repute that it was kept only in vessels of gold and silver: hence Matthiolus calls it aqua aurea.
Destill these together softly in a limbecke of glasse or pure tin; if not, then in limbecke wherein aqua vitae is made.
And I knew him not, but ut manifestetur in Israel, that he may be made manifest propterea veni ego in aqua in Israel, therefore am I come baptizans.
Two drachms of it being subjected to quartation, and solution in aqua fortis, were found to have increased in weight by two scruples.
He was in the habit also of dissolving sal ammoniac in this nitric acid, and employing the solution, which was the aqua regia of the old chemists, to dissolve gold.
By adding it or common salt to aqua fortis, he was enabled to dissolve gold, which certainly could not be accomplished in the time of Dioscorides or Pliny.
The only acids which he mentions are the acetic, sulphuric, nitric, muriatic, and aqua regia.
The goldsmith, not content with the touchstone and the application of aqua fortis, exposed the metal on the cupel with lead, and fused it with antimony, but it sustained no loss.
The method was to dissolve sagimen vitri, or carbonate of soda, in aqua fortis, to filter and crystallize by evaporation.
If this process be genuine, it is obvious that Geber must have been acquainted with nitrate of soda; but I have some doubts about the genuineness of the passage, because the term aqua fortis occurs in it.
He assures us that this aqua regia would dissolve likewise sulphur and silver.
Then he treats of water, which he divides intoaqua humida or common water, and aqua sicca or mercury.
Besides the metals, sulphur and salt, with which the Greeks and Romans were acquainted, he knew the method of preparing sulphuric acid, nitric acid, and aqua regia.
Sometimes they have a solution of silver in nitric acid, or of gold in aqua regia, or an amalgam of gold or silver, which being adroitly introduced, furnishes the requisite quantity of metal.
Spirit of wine was well known to him, and distinguished by him by the names of aqua vitæ ardens and argentum vivum vegetabile.
Or what should we say of the vigilance of excise-officers if the cry of "Aqua Vitae" met our ears?
To finish things properly there is still wanting the famous aqua vitae, which we are sorry to state is not in our means to furnish.
The Princess received him with the lightest, finest coldness, a sort of aqua toffana, which seems only pure, tasteless water.
Have you observed howaqua toffana, taken in quantities, distorts?
The most remarkable of the nine aqueducts were the Anio Vetus, the Aqua Marcia, the Aqua Claudia, and the Anio Novus.
A still longer one was theAqua Marcia, extending along a distance of fifty-four miles, six and a half miles being above ground, and chiefly supported on arches.
In temperament, they were much alike; although Haeckel perhaps does not use quite so much aqua fortis in his ink.
This operation ought to be done with great caution; for though the aqua fortis does not injure the black varnish, it might destroy some of the other colors.
When the vases are taken out of the excavations, they are covered with a coating of whitish earth, something like tartar, and of a calcareous nature; it disappears on the application of aqua fortis.
A branch of an aqueduct running along the side of this is part of an extensive system of irrigation carried on throughout all this district, the water having been brought from the Aqua Virgo, which passed in this direction.
That this knowledge is possible, Solomon is our surety, who saith, Consilium in corde viri tanquam aqua profunda; sed vir prudens exhauriet illud.
Highlanders still make pilgrimages to drink the waters of such fountains, which they judiciously mix with the other aqua to which they are attached.
The pellicles of lime, the surface of stagnant water, especially if impregnated with iron, and again pellicles of oil on water, especially of varnish on aqua fortis.
It was dissolved in a small quantity of aqua regia, and the clear acid solution placed in a test tube.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "aqua" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: head; hydrosphere; rain; steam; water
