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Example sentences for "weak solution"

  • A weak solution of opium forms a valuable collyrium in ophthalmia.

  • Mildew--Soak in a weak solution of chloride of lime for several hours.

  • If a dark stain remains, rinse in a weak solution of chloride of lime.

  • If the stain has been fixed by time soak the article in a weak solution of oxalic acid or hold the spot over the fumes of sulphur.

  • If there be an abscess over the mastoid process, its purulent contents should be allowed to drain away, the abscess cavity being then irrigated with a weak solution of biniodide of mercury (see p.

  • Before this is done, the wound cavity should be irrigated with a weak solution of biniodide of mercury, dried, and the deeper parts of the wound plugged with a strip of gauze inserted through the external meatus.

  • These are best removed by means of a soft sponge or cotton-wool, and the raw edges treated with a weak solution of nitrate of silver (gr.

  • Rinse the mouth well with a weak solution of borax water, then put a little dry borax on the canker.

  • Soak the feet in a weak solution of vinegar, then rub good with vaselin or oil.

  • A weak solution of tea can be used also as a wash.

  • Irrigation of the colon with normal salt solution or weak solution of silver nitrate at about one hundred degrees with a long rectual tube.

  • This should in every case be as light as possible, using a weak solution of soap for the softer and cleaner pelts, or dilute solutions of ammonium carbonate or soda ash for the more greasy-haired skins.

  • The skins are therefore immersed before dyeing, in a cold, weak solution of chloride of lime, the affinity of the hair for the dye being thereby greatly increased.

  • Dip the paper to be prepared into a weak solution of common salt.

  • The spectrum impressed upon paper prepared with a weak solution of the hydriodate of potash presents some very remarkable peculiarities.

  • The high lights become of a pale yellow, so that a faint image is perceptible; but this is made visible in almost any color by development in a weak solution (about one-fourth per cent.

  • With the purple and blue developers it is necessary to wash the material finally in a weak solution of tartaric acid.

  • Take a portrait negative that is no longer of any use, and immerse it in a weak solution of hydrofluoric acid.

  • The points of the pins may then be cut off with scissors, and the wound may be wet twice a day with a weak solution of carbolic acid.

  • When the granulations look red, dress the wound with oakum balls saturated in a weak solution of tincture of aloes or spirits of camphor and apply a roller bandage.

  • When the discharge becomes healthy, the fistulous tracts may be injected daily with a weak solution of bichlorid of mercury, nitrate of silver, etc.

  • A weak solution of sulphate of iron; turns BLUE when moistened with a weak solution of prussiate of potassa, and BLACK when moistened with infusion of galls.

  • A weak solution of the mixed chlorides of cobalt and nickel; turns GREEN.

  • To be written with on a ground prepared with a weak solution of protochloride of tin, and dried.

  • Treated with a weak solution of caustic potassa and heat, the membrane dissolved, leaving a little haziness.

  • Phloroglucin gives a rose-red stain on paper containing (sulphite) wood pulp, after the specimen has been previously treated with a weak solution of hydrochloric acid.

  • The restoration of color under particular conditions may also be obtained by treatment with tannic acid, potassium ferro-cyanide (acidulated) or a weak solution of an infusion of galls.

  • Apply a weak solution of cyanide of potassium; picric acid will yield a blood-red coloration.

  • Some manufacturers run the goods before printing them through a weak solution of the perchloride of tin, with the view of brightening all the colours subsequently applied or raised upon them.

  • To complete the purification of the white, they are spread upon the grass for a few days; or what is more expeditious, and equally good if delicately managed, they are winced for a few minutes in a weak solution of chloride of lime.

  • The dye in either case may be brightened by wincing through a weak solution of chloride of lime.

  • If they are blue, use a weak solution of blue, if gray, use a little black, and if brown, then that color.

  • If the background is light, use a weak solution of blue, if dark, a brown solution.

  • For laces use a weak solution of yellow, and after it is dry touch up the strong lights with Chinese white.

  • When thoroughly dry, plunge them for a few seconds into a weak solution of silver nitrate (30 grains to the ounce of water will suffice), wash one under the tap, and then allow both to dry again.

  • Divide the slightly blackened chloride on the strip of glass into two portions, and over one pour a little beer, and over the other a weak solution of potassium nitrite, and again note the difference.

  • The paper on which most prints are taken being sized with starch, if a very weak solution of iodine be applied with a brush across the back of a print, a blue mark will indicate the absence of the hyposulphite.

  • Next let us trace the action of a weak solution, not weak enough to dissolve the albumen off the paper, but of the minimum strength.

  • Now take a weak solution of warm water, soda and yellow soap, and rinse the leather in this liquor, afterward wringing it in a rough towel, and drying it as quickly as possible.

  • A simpler method than the above, however, is to brush over the back of the paper containing the charcoal or pencil sketch with a weak solution of white shellac in alcohol.

  • When a chamois skin gets into a dirty condition, rub plenty of soft soap into it, and allow it to soak for a couple of hours in a weak solution of soda and water.

  • These may be removed by using a weak solution of oxalic acid which must be applied carefully as it is highly poisonous.

  • Illustration: The Eye of a Needle Slipped over a Thorn for Removing It from the Flesh] A fine luster can be given to zinc by rubbing it with kerosene or a weak solution of sulphuric acid.

  • This occurs because too much carbon remains unburned, and can be remedied by first soaking the wick in a weak solution of acetic acid.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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