- plural of calx.
calces
Americannoun
noun
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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.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Now they triumphantly asked, Why, when metals dissolve in diluted vitriolic or muriatic acid with evolution of inflammable air, are calces of these metals produced?
From Heroes of Science Chemists by M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison) Muir
Solutions of mercury, lead, zinc, copper, iron, arsenic; or metallic calces applied in dry powder, as cerussa, lapis calaminaris.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Oils dissolve the calces of lead, which, by this means, is the basis of paints, plaisters, &c.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Joseph Priestley
But Cavendish instituted a series of experiments which proved that no fixed air could be obtained from metallic calces.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison) Muir
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