separating funnel
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Decant the water, and wash the nitro-benzol two or three times in a separating funnel with water.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
If it appears to be decidedly alkaline, it should be poured into a separating funnel, and shaken with a little distilled water.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
The whole is then poured into a separating funnel, when separation immediately takes place.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
A weighed quantity of the glycerine is shaken up with some neutral ether in a separating funnel, the glycerine allowed to settle, drawn off, and the ether washed with three separate lots of water.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
The bisulphide solution is decanted, or poured into a separating funnel and separated from the nitro-glycerine.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
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