calces

[kal-seez]

noun

1. a plural of calx.

calces

/ ˈkælsiːz /

noun

1. a plural of calx

Example Sentences

But Cavendish instituted a series of experiments which proved that no fixed air could be obtained from metallic calces.

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Oils dissolve the calces of lead, which, by this means, is the basis of paints, plaisters, &c.

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Absorption is increased by the calces or solutions of mercury, lead, zinc, copper, iron, externally applied; and by arsenic, and by sulphur, and by the application of bitter vegetables in fine powder.

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These calces therefore, when mixed with the enamel flux, are melted in crucibles, once or oftener, and the deep coloured opake glass, thence resulting, is ground into unpalpable powder, and used for enamel.

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Up to this time metallic calces, and for the most part alkalis and earths also, had been regarded as elementary substances.

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