In the Johnston Harvester Works at Batavia, when they paint their machinery, they do it by immersing part after part in a great tank of paint,--so the painting is instantaneous and complete.
Cooling a very hot iron by immersingit in a pail of water is bad for the iron, and is a careless practice besides; it is rectifying a neglect with a violent remedy.
Frying is done in two ways, by immersing the article to be fried in deep, hot fat and also by laying it first on one side then on the other in a pan in which there is a little hot fat.
Sheets of iron are tinned, in the manufactories of tin plate, by immersing the sheets, endwise, in a pot of melted tin, the top of which is covered with about two inches depth of tallow.
An effort should be made to remove all the worst spots before immersing the whole garment.
The secret of success in the use of any of these cleansing agents lies in immersing the garments in large quantities of the liquid.
The sudden effusion of water on the face and hands, while the fit is on, and especiallyimmersing the feet in cold water, will afford relief.
The cloth is subsequently aired, dried, and well rinsed, before immersing it in the colouring bath.
Silver plates for voltaic batteries are commonly platinised by immersing them for a few seconds in a mixture of saturated solution of bichloride of platinum, 1 part; dilute sulphuric acid, 3 parts; water, 4 to 6 parts.
An old theologian, when weary and sleepy with much writing, found that he could keep his brain active by immersing his feet in cold water; the cold drove the blood from the feet to the head.
Ivory may be gilded by immersing it in a fresh solution of proto-sulphate of iron, and afterwards in solution of chloride of gold.
This paper is prepared by immersing purple or blue paper in a solution of nitrate of potash in spirits of wine or vinegar, and carefully drying it.
In the arts, kreasote is extensively employed to preserve animal substances, either by washing it over them, or by immersing them in its aqueous solution.
The first of these was found by immersing the hydrometer in pure water, and marking the stem at the level of the surface.
This result is measurably prevented by immersing the iron in sand and common salt, which, uniting, form a vitreous coating for its protection.
The buttons are next freed from oxyde, by immersing them in diluted nitric acid, and by friction in a lathe.
This can be demonstrated by blowing through it at a gas flame, or by immersing it in colored liquid.
This is done byimmersing them in a dish of smoking hot melted paraffin until the pores are thoroughly saturated.
When the desired reduction has taken place, stop the action at once by immersing the print in a 10-per-cent solution of borax.
Immersing one hundred lambs, one by one, in a tubful of mingled poke and tobacco juice is far from an agreeable task; it was a novelty to me then, however, and I entered into it with much zeal and curiosity.
Addison set about preparing a half-hogshead tub to hold the poke decoction for immersing the lambs after the sheep were sheared.
They were present on inundated landward flats, and, as the tide receded, fed along the edge of the bay near by, wading in the water and often immersing most of the head as they probed.
Again I find in my journal reference to three birds which alighted in water to their thighs, and immediately began to feed, moving about close together, immersing the bill to the eyes for an instant or two.
As the birds feed much of the time by immersing the head, anything that may touch the bill is gathered indiscriminately, as in feeding they depend upon the sense of touch.
It consists in immersing the vessel in cold water, gradually heated to the boiling point, and suffered to remain till cold, when it will be fit for use.
Remove the sizing on the surface by immersing in the vinegar and water mentioned above, then transfer as usual.
The means (to prevent smut) are simple; and no other than immersing the seed in pure water, and repeatedly scouring it therein, just before it is sown or dibbled in.
In this case, it is dissolved in aqua regia, the metal precipitated by immersing a plate of zinc in the solution and then re-dissolved in boiling hydrochloric acid.
A purely Neradol D tanned leather may be produced by immersing a bated pelt, free from lime, in a 2° Bé.
A grindstone with one side harder than the other can have its flinty side softened by immersing that part in boiled linseed oil.
For zinc, clean the plate by immersing in water that has a small amount of sulphuric acid in it.
The next operation is to dye the silk blue, which is done by immersing it in a solution of potash.
Animal fibers are best bleached by immersing in an aqueous solution of sulphurous acid or exposing them to fumes of burning sulphur.
The brightening and softening of the fiber are effected by immersing the silk in a bath of olive oil in the form of an emulsion.
Try the effect of immersing a blue morning glory in an acid solution, or a deep pink one in an alkaline solution.
He ascribes his disease to immersing his hands too long in cold water in the execution of his business.
The pyro stain can be more or less completely removed by immersing the plate for some time, with repeated rocking, in the alum solution given above, 1 drachm of sulphuric acid being added to every 10 ounces.
Cartridges or "sticks" of carbide are also made without wrappings, either by moistening powdered carbide with oil and compressing the whole into moulds, or by compressing dry carbide dust and immersing the sticks in oil or molten grease.
Lidholm liberated acetylene slowly from 10 grammes of carbide by immersing the carbide in absolute alcohol and gradually adding water, while the gas mixed with a stream of hydrogen leading to a burner within a flask.
Fixation may also be effected by immersing in some fixative fluid, such as one of the following: 1.
Liquefy the nutrient gelatine and wort gelatine tubes by immersing them in the same water-bath.
Ten minutes later remove the tube containing the suspension, and cool rapidly by immersing its lower end in a stream of running water.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "immersing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
