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

For a time it renders the bed cold, and when followed by snow the two combine to make a freezing mixture which arrests the growth of established plants.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

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

The engineer mixed the nitric acid with the glycerine, which latter had been previously concentrated by evaporation in a water-bath, and without employing any freezing mixture, obtained many pints of an oily yellow liquid.

From The Mysterious Island by Stephen W. White

Chloramine was prepared by cooling dilute solutions of bleach and ammonia and adding the latter to the former contained in a flask surrounded by a freezing mixture.

From Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race

By means of a thermometer the temperature is indicated, and when it shows a very low temperature, the behavior of the oil, subject to this freezing mixture, may be observed and noted.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose