watch-glass

Historical Examples

• A bit of the culture is removed and placed in a watch-glass of water.

  The Fundamentals of Bacteriology

  Charles Bradfield Morrey

• The edges are now ground off, and the watch-glass is complete.

  Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.--February, 1851.--Vol. II.

  Various

• A little of the supernatant ether is now removed to a small glass capsule or watch-glass, and allowed to evaporate spontaneously.

  Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I

  Arnold Cooley

• In form, it is circular, convexo-concave, and resembles a watch-glass.

  A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition)

  Calvin Cutter

• There's no more glass about you than there is about me—and that is my watch-glass.

  Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland

  Various