It is infusible in the fire; and, though it loses about an eighth part of its weight, its bulk is scarcely diminished.
He treats cotton twice or 4 times in a solution of aluminated potash, mixed with one thirty-eighth part of linseed oil.
Pour upon it an eighth part of its weight of common water, to moisten the powder; and then add concentrated Oil of Vitriol to the weight of somewhat more than a fourth part of the weight of Borax.
When the liquor which hath yielded Vitriol is become thick, and no more vitriolic crystals shoot in it, they add an eighth part of its weight of putrefied urine, mixed with a lye made of the ashes of green wood.
Take equal parts of Vitriolated Tartar, and very dry Salt of Tartar, separately reduced to powder; add an eighth part of their weight of charcoal-dust; and mix the whole together very accurately.
On the other hand, in pycnostyles, if an eighth part is given to the thickness, it will make the shaft look swollen and ungraceful, because the intercolumniations are so close to each other and so narrow.
Thus we shall have an eighth part of the circumference set out for Auster and another for Septentrio.
That he might then, and at all after times, contribute an eighth part of the expense in fitting out vessels to sail on this enterprise, and receive an eighth part of the profits.
Columbus was not long in finding friends to advance or promise on his account an eighth part of the sum immediately required.
A man in love has only got one-eighth part of his wits at home to govern the doings of his arms, legs, and tongue.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "eighth part" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
