burette
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of burette
1475–85; < French: cruet, burette ( Old French biurete ), equivalent to buire ewer, flagon (perhaps < Frankish *būrja receptacle, akin to Germanic *būr- hut; see bower 1) + -ette -ette
Example Sentences
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Of course 5 c.c. must be deducted from the reading on the burette.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
Fill an ordinary 100 c.c. burette with the solution of barium chloride.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
Tint with methyl orange, and run in from an ordinary burette normal solution of sulphuric acid until a pink tint is got.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
The burette is now filled with a solution of potassium bichromate and sulphuric acid and allowed to soak for some time; the bichromate is washed out and distilled water is put in.
From A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing by Bolas, Bernard D.
A burette may be calibrated by filling it with distilled water, drawing off portions, say of 5 c.c. in succession, into a weighing bottle of known weight, and weighing them.
From The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students by Shenstone, W. A.
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