freezing mixture

British  

noun

1. a mixture of two substances, usually salt and ice, to give a temperature below 0°C

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freezing mixture

But let the freezing mixture continue to act: the falling of the column continues to a certain point; it then ceases.

From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall

The stirring is continued for three to four hours longer, while the flask still remains immersed in the original freezing mixture to which no further amount of ice is added.

From Organic Syntheses by James Bryant Conant

The whole is then suspended to the under side of the cover of the refrigerating vessel, which may be cooled either by filling it with a freezing mixture, or by the evaporation of ether.

From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc

But if you go to Canada, or to the North, you will find the temperature there out of doors will do the same thing as has been done here by the freezing mixture.

From The Chemical History of a Candle by Sir William Crookes

I have put our iron bottles containing water into this freezing mixture, that you may see what happens.

From The Chemical History of a Candle by Sir William Crookes