aqua fortis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of aqua fortis
1595–1605; < Latin: literally, strong water
Example Sentences
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Goodyear was astonished to find that the sulphur cured the india-rubber as thoroughly as the aqua fortis, the principal objection being that the sulphurous odor of the goods was frightful in hot weather.
From Inventors by Philip Gengembre Hubert
At the opening of the season Goodyear received a letter from a house in Paris, making him a handsome offer for the use of his process of curing india-rubber with aqua fortis.
From Inventors by Philip Gengembre Hubert
Another says:—"Take a pennyweight of fine silver, with a pound of aqua fortis; add a measure of water, and soak the wood with it."
From Intarsia and Marquetry by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
The method is as follows: Dissolve copper filings in aqua fortis.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
The nitrous air gradually lost its elasticity, the bladder collapsed, and became yellow as if corroded by aqua fortis.
From Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele
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