mechanical suspension
Americannoun
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Hence, the settling of such particles, if in mechanical suspension, would be measurable, although very slow.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
This rock was once a powder, more or less coarse, held in mechanical suspension by water.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by John Tyndall
The materials carried in mechanical suspension are clay, sand, and vegetable matter.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various
This constant motion may easily be conceived to keep the particles uniformly distributed throughout the liquid, just as constant shaking would keep those of a mechanical suspension uniformly distributed through the mixture.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
Our American rivers contain from 2 to 6 grains of saline matter to the gallon in solution, and a varying quantity—generally exceeding 10 grains to the gallon—in mechanical suspension.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various
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