carburet
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I used to think he was a carburetor,— and then I read a few pages of him—no, he just didn't carburet.
From Time Magazine Archive
But isooctane alone makes a poor fuel because it is not volatile enough, does not readily carburet into explodible vapor.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1839, Josiah Marshall Heath patented the important application of carburet of manganese to steel in the crucible, which application imparted to the resulting product the properties of varying temper and increased forgeability.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Robert Cochrane
They are no doubt coloured by a carburet of hydrogen.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
Heath's secret was the addition to the charge of from 1 to 3 percent of carburet of manganese5 as a deoxidizer.
From The Beginnings of Cheap Steel by Philip W. Bishop
Dartmouth's team, for example, could have based their car on "a perfectly good carbureted Honda engine," Collier says.
From Scientific American ● May 11, 2011
To bring that view to hand, the fabulous machine, long carbureted for an economy of scarcity and now supercharged by war, demanded a complete readjustment.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ore must be added in smaller proportions, and, being longer in contact with the heated charcoal, would become carbureted; the carbon must therefore be finally burned away, before malleable iron could be attained.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
Water-gas is of low illuminating value, but after it is carbureted it burns with a brilliant flame.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh
Relation of oxygen to nitrogen; amount of carbonic acid; carbureted hydrogen; ammoniacal vapors.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
The early types of carbureting devices were very crude and cumbersome, and the mixture of gasoline vapor and air was accomplished in three ways.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
As the character of the gas as an illuminator depends on the quantity of hydro-carbon, or olefiant elements it contains, great efforts were made to invent processes and means of carbureting it.
From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle
If the ignition system is functioning properly one should determine the amount of compression in all cylinders and if this is satisfactory the carbureting group should be tested.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
This result of carburetted hydrogen at the positive electrode has a very anomalous appearance, if considered as an immediate consequence of the decomposing power of the current.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
Dr, Henry analyzed the composition and investigated the properties of carburetted hydrogen gas.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 by Various
Moreover, the odour of the acetylene itself would render the detection of a leak far easier with carburetted acetylene than with air-gas.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by F. H. (Frank Henley) Leeds
One of the most generally adopted methods of enrichment now is by means of carburetted water gas mixed with poor coal gas.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
During the progress of the boring there is more or less carburetted hydrogen gas set free.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
The practical effect of carburetting acetylene with hydrocarbon vapours will be shown in Chapter X. to be disastrous so far as the illuminating efficiency of the gas is concerned.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by F. H. (Frank Henley) Leeds
The carburetting of low-power gas by impregnating it with the vapours of volatile hydrocarbons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
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