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Example sentences for "strong solution"

  • Lead Salts: where there is much inflammation and weeping, a lotion containing a glycerin preparation; if dry and itching, a strong solution or an ointment.

  • Acid, Carbolic: locally in strong solution to act as caustic; as a dressing to promote healthy action.

  • Silver Nitrate: a strong solution in spirit of nitrous ether, painted around the area of inflammation, will check it in superficial parts.

  • This method of storing much heat in a small space where a fire cannot be lighted is in common use on some railways, where passengers' foot-warmers are filled with a strong solution of sodium acetate.

  • In one process the lumps are coated with a strong solution of glucose, with the object of assisting in the removal of spent lime from their surface when the carbide is immersed in water.

  • On the other hand, if a strong solution of nitrate of ammonia be decomposed, oxygen appears at the positive pole, and hydrogen, with sometimes nitrogen, at the negative pole.

  • The cloth must first be wetted in a strong solution of salt of tartar, and afterwards dried, before any attempt be made to write upon it.

  • Dip a sponge or brush into a strong solution of vitriol, and rub it on the bedstead, or in the places where these vermin harbour, and it will destroy both them and their nits.

  • Steep the grain or seed three or four hours, or a sufficient time for it to penetrate the skin, or husk, in a strong solution of liver of sulphur.

  • Violent bleeding at the nose may sometimes be prevented by applying lint dipped in vinegar, or a strong solution of white vitriol, with fomentations of the temples and forehead made of nitre dissolved in water.

  • A strong solution of oxalic acid in water gives brass a fine colour.

  • By dipping the bulbous extremity of an oiled metallic rod into a strong solution of gelatin.

  • Red-cabbage leaves steeped in a strong solution of common salt.

  • Add to this a strong solution of Iodide of Potassium drop by drop, until the red precipitate begins to redissolve, then add a few grains of hyposulphite of Soda, or enough to clear the liquid.

  • Always place plates in a strong solution of alum after developing and rinsing, and before fixing.

  • This dissolves the varnish and the wood can then be cleaned with a strong solution of soap, or weak lye.

  • Removing Black Deposit an Bathtubs A good way to remove the black deposit left on bathtubs by the water is to use a strong solution of sulphuric acid.

  • Clean the article to be coated by rinsing it in strong caustic potash, which will remove all grime and grease, then dip it in a strong solution of sal ammoniac and water.

  • Make a strong solution of gum arabic, two ounces of the gum to one pint of boiling water; shake until dissolved; then take your flowers and immerse in the solution, taking care that every part is well wet with the solution.

  • The graduation of tint, Lesser remarks, is what is not seen when the yellow colour is due to poisoning by chromic acid or by strong solution of ferric perchloride; in such cases, wherever the liquid has gone, there is a yellowness.

  • The officinal caustic preparations of ammonia are--ammoniae liquor fortior (strong solution of ammonia), which should contain 32.

  • Next add a strong solution of sodium acetate, until the solution ceases to darken on further addition, then dilute with water to half a litre.

  • This is based upon the fact that when potassic iodide in excess is added to a strong solution of a cupric salt in a faintly acid solution, cuprous iodide is formed and an equivalent of iodine liberated.

  • The strontia is precipitated from the filtrate by boiling for some time with a strong solution of ammonic sulphate and a little ammonia.

  • Ammonic Sulphide~ may be purchased in the state of a strong solution.

  • Cloths dipped in a strong solution, and applied over painful bruises, tumours, or inflamed joints, allay pain.

  • Steep them in a strong solution of alum and a little salt, for a period dependent on the thickness of the hide.

  • It is then boiled in a strong solution of saltpetre.

  • If it be an object to prepare a store of tinder, a strong solution of saltpetre in water should be obtained, and the paper, or rags, or fungus, dipped into it and hung to dry.

  • Very fat bitumen is to be melted, in a strong solution of soap-water, until the whole forms a sort of clear broth; the interior of the skin is to be endued with this mixture, which costs very little.

  • In order to decompose the flesh of a fÅ“tus already formed in an egg, recourse is had to a strong solution of a fixed alkali, of soda, of tartar, or to ether.

  • Nitrate of silver (lunar caustic): Give a strong solution of common salt, and then emetics.

  • The poison of snakes and tarantulas is neutralized with an alkali; the most efficient seems to be spirits of ammonia, but a strong solution of washing or even baking soda should be substituted when ammonia is not at hand.


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