flowers of sulphur

British  

plural noun

1. minute crystals of sulphur obtained by condensing sulphur vapour on a cold surface

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Example Sentences

In special cases where the lubricating openings or channels are not likely to be obstructed, a little flowers of sulphur may be added to the oil, if this be very fluid.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by Mathot, R. E.

If mildew appears, to be dusted with flowers of sulphur.

From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by Keane, William

The disulphide, CaS2 and pentasulphide, CaS5, are formed when milk of lime is boiled with flowers of sulphur.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

To show this, we take a quantity of flowers of sulphur, dissolve in caustic soda, and add to the lead solution.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert

Then fill the shell with a mixture made of three parts of very dry pounded nitre, one part of flowers of sulphur, and a little saw-dust well sifted.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown