Hard water may be softened by the addition of a solution of soda bicarbonate.
When working with soft water more salt is required than in hard water.
Hard water is such as contains more than seven grains of mineral salts per gallon.
A gallon of strong ley put into a great kettle of hard water, will make it as soft as rain water.
Woollen articles are never to be washed in hard water, nor in water softened by soda, potash, or anything of that kind.
Hard water by boiling may be brought nearly to the state of soft.
Observe, the rinsing-water must be hard water--this is the secret.
If the peas are old, half boil them first in hard water, before they are stewed.
Put them into a stewpan, adding some salt, a little pepper and mace, and half a pint of hard water.
Hard water possesses an astringent quality, which prevents the goodness of the malt from being freely communicated to the liquor.
In passing through certain kinds of soil or over rocks, water dissolves some of the minerals that are contained there and is thus changed from soft to hard water.
Dried beans and peas, cereals, and tough cuts of meat will not cook tender so readily in hard water as in soft, but the addition of a small amount of soda during the cooking of these foods will assist in softening them.
It is known, too, that the flavor of such beverages as tea and coffee is often greatly impaired by the use of hard water.
The frequent use of hard water has a similar effect.
Hard water may be softened by adding carbonate of soda to the water so long as it turns milky.
Every cook knows that dry or ripe pease, and other farinaceous seeds, cannot readily be boiled soft in hard water; because the farina of the seed is not perfectly soluble in water loaded with earthy salts.
Green esculent vegetable substances are more tender when boiled in soft water than in hard water; although hard water imparts to them a better colour.
We now proceed to draw attention to the inconvenience of hard water in cooking.
To illustrate this difference an experiment may be made, by washing the hands alternately in rain and then in hard water, such as that supplied to London; and the value of the soft water for the purposes of washing will be at once recognized.
The tear and wear of clothes by the system necessary for washing in hard water, is very important in the economical consideration of the question.
Hard water is of no use as a cleanser, until all the lime has been removed by uniting with the oily acid of the soap.
Linens are never of a good color when washed in hard water.
Food cooked by boiling in hard water is, as a rule, not so well prepared.
Hard water was as soft as any when it fell from the sky; but the rain water trickled into the ground and passed through rocks containing lime.
We gain something from the lime dissolved in hard water, for it is an essential part of our food.
Blow the breath into a basin of hard water, and a milky appearance will be noted.
This discussion is intended to suggest a comparison between a well of hard water and a surface supply of soft water, when both are available.
As soon as this is the case, however, the slightest further addition of soap produces a lather when the water is agitated, but this lather is again destroyed by the addition of a further quantity of hard water.
Thus the addition ofhard water to a solution of soap, or the converse of this operation, causes the production of the insoluble curdy matter before mentioned.
A constant supply of hot water is now almost a necessity in every household, but great difficulties are thrown in the way of its attainment by the supply of hard water to towns forming thick calcareous crusts in the heating apparatus.
These facts render intelligible the process of washing the skin with soap and hard water.
Hard water may be softened by boiling, or by the addition of soda (1/8 tsp.
Hard water is known by the lime it contains, therefore this, if drunk, assists in the formation of bone.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hard water" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
