The lavender grey: a neutral tint, produced by the combination of the red, blue, and yellow rays, which is discovered most easily when the spectrum is thrown upon a sheet of turmeric paper.
In Westphalia they heap up ten wagon-loads of charcoal on some hillside which adjoins a level place, and the top of the heap being made flat, straw is thrown upon it to the thickness of three or four digits.
On it kindle a strong fire, and blow upon the surface of the body that is being tested until it melts, which, when melted, piece after piece of lead is thrown upon it, and blow over it a strong flame.
Illustration] In the simplest form, when intended for taking views or portraits, the image is thrown upon a mirror placed at an angle of 45 deg.
Red-hot stones being brought in, water is thrown upon them, filling the room with steam.
The refuse heap should be protected from rain, and liquids should never be thrown upon it.
A fire is first made upon the hearth with charcoal; and, when the fuel has become well ignited, a quantity of ore is thrown upon it, and the ore and the fuel are renewed as occasion may require.
Solar spectrum, the spectrum of solar light, especially as thrown upon a screen in a darkened room.
Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the instrument, or on a screen independent of it.
Next day the whole is thrown upon a sieve, to drain off the water with the impurities, consisting, in some measure, of the fatty matter combined with the lime, as an insoluble soap.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thrown upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
