calces
Americannoun
noun
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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 Darwin, Erasmus
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 Darwin, Erasmus
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 Darwin, Erasmus
Its calces are white when imperfect, but black, or dark green, when perfect.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
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 Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)
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