carburet
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But isooctane alone makes a poor fuel because it is not volatile enough, does not readily carburet into explodible vapor.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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 Bishop, Philip W.
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 Humboldt, Alexander von
From what has just been stated, it appears that the other metals more generally exist in cast iron, in a state of alloy with pure iron, which is intimately mixed with the carburet.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
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 fuels for gas-lighting are natural gas, carbureted water-gas, and coal-gas obtained by distilling coal, but there are different methods of producing the artificial gases.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
To make carbureted water-gas, oil-gas is mixed with it, the latter being made by heating oil in retorts.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
Coal-gas usually is of lower illuminating value than carbureted water-gas.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
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 Doolittle, William Henry
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 Pag?, Victor Wilfred
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 Pag?, Victor Wilfred
He at once visited several mines, investigated fire-damp, and found it to be light carburetted hydrogen.
From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.
He was experimenting then on gases and on galvanism, and one day by experiment upon himself, in the breathing of carburetted hydrogen, he almost put an end to his life.
From Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher by Morley, Henry
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
Coal Gas.—Coal gas contains light carburetted hydrogen or marsh gas, olefiant gas, ammonia, sulphuretted hydrogen, carbonic acid, carbonic oxide, free hydrogen, and nitrogen.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
The spirit of inquiry not being to be repressed by these trifling inconveniences, Mr. Davy was now emboldened to introduce into his green bag, four quarts of carburetted hydrogen gas, nearly pure.
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph
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 Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)
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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