bell glass
Britishnoun
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The experimental physiologists tell us that a bird will live under a bell glass until he has substituted a large amount of carbonic acid for oxygen in the air of the bell glass.
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A glass tube, open at both ends, is cemented into the bottom of G, and over it is placed a larger one closed at the top like a bell glass.
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A good microscope requires its own table; and when not in use should be covered by a bell glass or a clean linen cloth.
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Another plan is to float the pinned specimens on corks in a shallow vessel of water, and cover them over with a bell glass.
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As they came down they neared a grave, where some pious friend or relative had laid a wreath of immortelles, and put a bell glass over it, as is the custom.
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