gas liquor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gas liquor
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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This solution, known as gas liquor, contains not only ammonia but other soluble substances.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
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 Raphael Meldola
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 Thomas Anderson
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 William McPherson
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