gas liquor

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. ammonia liquor.

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Etymology

Origin of gas liquor

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

The gas liquor thus supplies food to a minute organism which converts the ammonia into a form available for the higher plants.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael

Most of these combine chemically with lime, while ammonia does not; if then lime is added to the gas liquor and the liquor is heated, the ammonia is driven out from the mixture.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

The ammoniacal liquor of the ivory-black works contains about 12 per cent of ammonia, or about four or five times as much as gas liquor.

From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Anderson, Thomas

This solution, known as gas liquor, contains not only ammonia but other soluble substances.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William