- plural of calx.
calces
Americannoun
noun
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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
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
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.
From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Erasmus Darwin
The third refers to the great quantity of pure air contained in the calces of metals.
From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Erasmus Darwin
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
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