amylic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of amylic
Example Sentences
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In my hands ethylic alcohol and other bodies of the same group; viz. methylic, propylic, butylic, and amylic alcohols were tested purely from the physiological point of view.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
It is soluble in amylic alcohol, scarcely so in absolute alcohol.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
The filtrate, if shaken up with amylic alcohol, gives it in either case a red color.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various
The behavior of the amylic alcohol, thus colored red, with hydrochloric acid and ammonia is characteristic.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various
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