| 单词 | sulphurous |
| 例句 | The smell of the dragon lay around me like sulphurous smoke. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z That morning it left a sulphurous smell behind it, which was very offensive. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z From time to time I peered into the crack but couldn’t gauge anything of its depth for the swirling smoke, which proved to be disagreeably acrid and sulphurous when the breeze pushed it over me. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Again the blue-white scar Jagged above them and the sulphurous explosion beat down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The air was oppressive; it seemed as if there was some sulphurous fume, which at times made me dizzy. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Sun, seeping through the blinds, filled the bedroom with a sulphurous light. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z This is a great one for those for whom soda alone is too sweet: cumin and sulphurous black salt bring a savory quality, lime juice adds tartness, and the green herbs give grassy notes. 5 unexpected ways to make Coca-Cola extra *extra* special 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z From time to time the sea would flare with a soft sulphurous light where forty feet down Oiler was working with the cuttingtorch. ‘The Passenger’ 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Nor, for that matter, is he as sulphurous as Elmer Gantry, or as wonky as Hazel Motes – those other notable outriders of religious demagoguery. The Master trailer: will Paul Thomas Anderson's film inspire devotion? 2012-07-20T14:10:48Z His Icelandic photographs reveal an almost unearthly geographical discord of glacial ice and sulphurous volcanic eruptions warring away beneath a deceptively calm topography. This week's new exhibitions 2010-12-04T00:07:00Z Here, a team of deep-sea divers take off in search of the world's most bashful 15kg monster, passing through mushroom fields, kelp forests and sulphurous thermal vents to film a huge predator. Winter Paralympics: Highlights | Women | FlashForward and more | Watch this 2010-03-22T06:45:00Z And none of them look too cheery about it, carrying in their wake a sulphurous whiff of hollow-eyed misery at the cruelty of their fates. Self/Less movie agrees with film history: immortality is a drag 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z For Revenge of the Sith, in which the titular dynasty consolidates its power, he strains to make up a word that would exude the sulphurous essence of evil. The return of Star Wars: an evil empire in Jedi clothing? 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The sulphurous smell is overpowering, but I think I will be able to replicate it in the Noma kitchens. Digested read: Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine by Rene Redzepi 2010-11-22T21:00:00Z This coruscating, sulphurous presence ignited on the stage while he simultaneously backed modestly out of the limelight. John Wood obituary 2011-08-10T14:21:55Z If Philip Larkin's journals had been published in 1992 along with his sulphurous letters, who knows what extra damage might have been done to his posthumous reputation? Lost, Stolen or Shredded: Stories of Missing Works of Art and Literature by Rick Gekoski – review 2013-06-29T08:00:54Z Many of us do indeed worry that our breath smells fetid and sulphurous. What can I do to avoid bad breath? 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z But it was not until the 1830s, when the city’s population exceeded 2m, that London fog became the famous sulphurous pea-souper. Grey and dreichy 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z His physique in Southpaw is a shocking leap from the skeletal Lou Bloom in Nightcrawler, the sulphurous LA noir about a ghoulish journalist selling footage of freeway pileups to TV news shows. Jake Gyllenhaal: ‘I’m fascinated by my own anger’ 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Either way, to read that final sentence is to detect a sulphurous whiff of Kardashian materfamilias Kris, who will have regarded the furore engulfing her daughter as a major injustice. Diet Woke: how Pepsi’s ad backfired for Kendall Jenner 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Just as sprouts were finally shaking off their sulphurous reputation, you’ve taken your eye off the ball and now the whole house smells like 1955. Help! my turkey won’t fit – quick fixes for Christmas dinner disasters 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z In Rotorua’s free Kuirau Park, sulphurous mud pits more spectacular than those in the village share space with manicured lawns with flower beds, as if Satan had decided to hire a landscaper. Frugal Traveler Blog: In New Zealand, a Man, a Van, a Plan 2012-04-03T20:21:34Z On China's frenetic and hugely popular retail livestreams, glamorous hosts sell goods ranging from shoes and lipsticks to baby products and, increasingly, truckloads of sulphurous coal. News junkies turn to TikTok to chart new paths in media 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The Russian nationalist leader was a senior lawmaker whose sulphurous rhetoric and antics alarmed the West but appealed to Russians’ aggrievement and wounded pride. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z The Mount Edziza Volcanic Field near the Stikine River is a large area of lava flows, sulphurous ridges, and cinder cones. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Rucker and Leonnig also give us a glimpse of his sulphurous cynicism as he sneers at the suckers who voted for him. Eight of the best books about Donald Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z The one of Luke Rhinehart made me imagine a whole novel: a dangerous, sulphurous life filled with excesses, transgressions and ruptures. Who is the real Dice Man? The elusive writer behind the disturbing cult novel 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z It is home to geothermal mud pools which bubble up and shoot geysers high into the air, giving parts of the town a sulphurous smell. New Zealand woman wakes to find giant, mud-spurting geyser in garden 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z “This is sulphurous waste going into the sea,” he said. Thousands of ships could dump pollutants at sea to avoid dirty fuel ban 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z I have drunk the legendary Vietnamese coffee and supped the sulphurous vegetable broth on the collapsing sofas. Read an excerpt from Luna author Ian McDonald’s heartbreaking new time-travel romance 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z On sulphurous television chat shows this week, Russian athletes considering competing under a neutral flag at the upcoming Winter Olympics were compared to wartime collaborators and traitors. ‘Collaborators and traitors’: Russia goes to war with Winter Olympics ban 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z The first hint is the smell: the sulphurous odour of raw sewage. 'The worst it's been': children continue to swim as raw sewage floods Gaza beach 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z This eruption in what is now Indonesia was one of the biggest such events in recorded history, and its sulphurous emission circled the globe to generate some spectacular sunsets. Munch inspired by 'screaming clouds' - BBC News 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Close to the rig, sulphurous steam is blasting from the ground, blending into the grey sky above. World's hottest borehole nearly complete - BBC News 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Black salt is a dark-coloured rock salt with a distinctive sulphurous flavour. The street food that powered the British Empire - BBC News 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Not for the first time, the atmosphere around the referendum had the sulphurous whiff not just of inequality, but a kind of misshapen class war. 'If you've got money, you vote in ... if you haven't got money, you vote out' 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z In the late 19th century this region’s sulphurous springs and luxury bathing houses were a magnet for Cairo’s well-heeled gentry. The future of the Egyptian revolution 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z For now, the answer was provided by the sulphurous reaction to Martial’s removal, and the chants that effectively called into question the Dutchman’s tactics. Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion: Premier League – live! 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z The heat helps to distribute sulphurous compounds - the "atrocious stench" - across vast distances in its native Sumatra to lure pollinators, thought to be carrion beetles and blowflies. Cambridge University titan arum flower attracts 11,000 visitors - BBC News 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z If you want someone who can be positively sulphurous on this subject head on over to Scott Sumner. German Bunds Yields Head For Zero: Showing The Foolish Manner Of ECB QE 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z I won’t repeat the sulphurous views of some of the economists sending me this stuff but let’s just say that they think it unlikely that the Eurogroup is going to find this acceptable. She Would Say This, Wouldn't She? Lagarde Welcomes Greek Promise To Pay IMF 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z The words of some administration officials are even more sulphurous. Netanyahu's 'chutzpah' rocks US Capitol 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z For now, the answer was provided by the sulphurous reaction to Martial’s removal, and the chants that effectively called into question the Dutchman’s tactics. Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion: Premier League – live! 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Lead is also recovered from the sulphurous electrolyte fluid. The fatal attraction of lead 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z The parrot's language, she told the court, was "simply sulphurous". The tale of the parrot that started a fight 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Back in the 1970s it became apparent that these sulphurous plumes were killing trees, dissolving statues and upsetting aquatic eco-systems. Up to our necks in a diabolical element 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z In Britain, as we learned from McGuire's sulphurous sarcasm, all we managed were a few unco-ordinated riots and querulous behaviour at places such as Spa Fields, Bristol and Manchester. Bring on a British revolution – it's long overdue 2013-06-15T23:05:30Z There was a terrible, sulphurous smell, like rotten eggs, and a tremendous pressure against my chest. Man Swallowed by Hippo -- And Lives to Write About It 2013-05-07T20:05:21Z Io's volcanoes produce sulphurous plumes up to 500 kilometres high. Planetary science: Caught in the act 2013-01-30T18:21:07.040Z Overcrowding was a big issue by 1915 but it was a recurring concern since 1877 At first families feared they would be poisoned by the "sulphurous exhalations" that spewed from below. Love and hate for Victorian Tube 2013-01-10T00:07:26Z The boiling mud and sulphurous steam holes of the area west of Naples known as the Campi Flegrei or Phlegraean Fields, from the Greek word for burning, are a major tourist attraction. 'Super Volcano' Lurks Near Pompeii 2012-08-03T21:15:00.207Z Bordered on three sides by the Victorian factories of Lancashire, South Yorkshire and Sheffield - there were 150 industrial chimneys in Oldham alone - it was swept by generations of sulphurous rain. The land more acidic than lemon juice 2012-06-25T23:43:52Z A heavy reek of petrol fumes and sulphurous smoke scented the confined space. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Unable to move, she is overtaken and involved in the sulphurous smoke, the bitter salts rise out of the earth and stifle her and encrust around her and build her tomb where she stands. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z They once tried a fire of coal in the middle of their room, but the experiment was not repeated, as the sulphurous smoke nearly suffocated them. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z A sulphurous vapour enveloped her in its hot and suffocating fumes. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z By the lone Mission, with the whirlwind's force, They madly swept, and left a sulphurous trail— And that was all—enough to tell the story And leave unblessed those souls in purgatory. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The best practical antiseptic for sanitary purposes is cleanliness; the best disinfectants are heat, bichloride of mercury, sulphate of iron, chloride of zinc, sulphurous acid, chlorine, sunlight, and pure air, and, for yellow fever, cold. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z But there is terror also in the streets when the shocks come rapidly, when doors and windows rattle with continuous concussions, and all the city reeks with sulphurous stenches coming one knows not whence. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z There was a sulphurous smell to the place. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z There are only three, viz. gold, silver, and platinum, which can stand it, and, among these, silver is of little use, on account of its proneness to tarnish under the action of sulphurous gases. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z As a gaseous disinfectant for rooms, etc. chlorine is superior to sulphurous acid, but it has the disadvantage of injuring metals, is not so easily applied, and is more costly. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The ashes that fell were soft, sulphurous, and heavy. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z To Priestly we owe our knowledge of oxygen, binoxide of nitrogen, sulphurous acid, fluosilicic acid, muriatic acid, ammonia, carburetted hydrogen, and carbonic oxide. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z Curious is it that sulphurous acid is puzzling to the experimentalist for cloud formation. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z Other “decolourizers” are sulphurous acid, permanganates and manganates, all of which have received application in the sugar industry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z It will destroy the vitality of the spores of the bacilli more rapidly and certainly than sulphurous acid, which last, to make sure work, must be exhibited for a much longer period than is customary. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z But would you from destruction turn, Nor ’mid sulphurous vapours burn, But each become a blessed spirit, And kingdom come with joy inherit. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z As we crossed these lines of smoke the sulphurous fumes were stifling, especially when the wind blew them in our faces. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z When descending, he passed through a peculiar cloud of sulphurous odour, which emitted flashed light and a slight scratching or rustling noise. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z Some of it had got to the coal, and the heavy sulphurous smoke was oozing up to make us all choke and strangle. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z I should not feel confident as to the thorough disinfection by sulphurous acid of the hold of an infected ship unless the fumes had been applied for sixty hours. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z How strangely close the air was--despite the cold, heavy and sulphurous. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z They knew where hell was, and they could almost hear the groans and smell the sulphurous fumes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Standing in your sweat-soaked pyjamas on a flaking hotel balcony watching sallow dawn creep across some sulphurous Balkan coalfield you must still resemble the England manager. Harry Redknapp must embrace agony and be able to cry real tears 2012-02-10T14:32:07Z Goodyear was astonished to find that the sulphur cured the india-rubber as thoroughly as the aqua fortis, the principal objection being that the sulphurous odor of the goods was frightful in hot weather. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z In spite of recent scepticism regarding the value of the fumes of sulphurous acid as a germicide and disinfectant, I do not hesitate to express, after long experience, my firm conviction as to their efficacy. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Alack! with idle presumption they had uncorked a bottle, and out had popped a gin that spread his bat's pinions over the sky with stifling sulphurous stench. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z We passed a bluff which is on fire, and throws out quantities of smoke, which has a strong, sulphurous smell. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z There was the cauldron hanging on a chain over the fire, while enormous logs of wood diffused a sulphurous flame in the light of which the inmates of the place looked truly terrible. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z There was a sudden flare of sulphurous light over the wooded caps of the mountains to the west of the ridge; but this lasted only a few minutes. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z I sat up, feeling a peculiar sensation of dizziness, and a breathlessness, a desire to gasp for breath—a taste, moreover, of something unpleasant, almost sulphurous, but not of sulphur. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z A thick brown fog, of the brand affectionately known among its habitual inhalers as "London particular," was lying in a sulphurous pall over the choking city. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Ferruginous and sulphurous springs are very common, and are much frequented every summer by visitors from all parts of the kingdom. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z It had been a hot, still, sulphurous morning, which caused even the pet kangaroo to lie panting on his side. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z The sulphurous fumes of the big smelter blotching the southern sky with saffron and coppery red clouds indicated that we were nearing Trail. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z The coyote-chaser slid the smoking Sharps into its sheath and galloped to meet his friend who, filling the air with sulphurous remarks, now seated himself on the roundly cursed saddle. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Mr. Falconer had intended to devote a sulphurous morning to the completion of "Strange Bedfellows." A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The island is watered by several short rivers, mainly on the east and south; there are numerous fresh water springs, as well as hot chalybeate and sulphurous springs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Steel's jaw dropped, and his dismay would have been ludicrous had it not betrayed his whole-hearted friendship, while Thorn's burst of sulphurous language was an even more convincing testimony. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Then came the long sulphurous gallery leading to the hot spring in which eggs are boiled for your instruction. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z An outpouring of sulphurous gases from Laki created haze that cooled the planet and caused widespread crop failures and famine. Dark days of the Triassic: Lost world 2011-11-16T18:20:30.077Z Beneath the plate are placed pots containing water, into which the sulphurous or bituminous vapour descends, and in the water the fat accumulates and floats on the top. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z But after long smothering in the sulphurous atmosphere of his thought, one cannot help asking, is this,—or anything like this,—the accepted belief of any considerable part of Protestantism? Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z Nevertheless, I was thankful that no stranger need ever leave my homestead hungry, and only wondered whether my cook's comments would be unduly sulphurous. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z The craters eject sulphurous vapours, and molten lava bubbles up as if in gigantic caldrons, congealing at the mouths of the craters and cracking with the extreme heat. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z All attempts to increase the water supply have had only a slight effect and the water is notoriously sulphurous, whereas in the former days, when it was abundant, it was renowned for its excellence. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z When they have thus been separated they prove of some service to man, especially the sulphurous kind. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Why, from the Puy de Parion I could swear that smoke must rise at times, and that sulphurous vapours must still keep it in perpetual desolation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Almost as brave are those which survive the smoke and dust of cities like Pittsburg and St. Louis, though theirs is a losing fight with sulphurous fumes and cramped root space in the smoky town. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z They often conceived that they saw His Satanic Majesty, with all his distinguishing appendages, such as his cloven foot, his sooty aspect, his peculiar horns, and sulphurous odor. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Unlike oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen, carbonic acid enters water freely; unlike sulphurous oxide and ammonia, it escapes freely from water. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Sulphur is made from sulphurous waters, from sulphurous ores, and from sulphurous mixtures. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Maceda, take this torch, to you this flame Is given: go light the deep lake sulphurous. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z These Parisian fogs are not the sulphurous, pea-soup discomforts of London, but they are almost as unpleasant, and quite as upsetting to ordinary life and comfort. Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo 2011-10-03T02:00:32.613Z “Lava pouring down the hill-side all night long, shimmering green, red, and orange through the sulphurous haze.” The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Mixed with the earth are frequently certain parts, of the colour of cinnabar; whether these are symptomatic of the sulphurous arsenical silver ores, or of quick-silver, I will not pretend to decide. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Then they are heated with fire until they are red hot and have exhaled their sulphurous fumes, which occurs, according to their divers nature, within the space of ten, eleven, twelve, or more hours. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Only with black and glaring strokes could those mysterious features be seized, features, which seemed to belong more to the sulphurous kingdom of shades than to the sunny world of life. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Some of the shells were filled with sulphurous acid, carbon dioxide, and other deadly compounds, the intent being to cause suffocation over wide areas by the volatilisation of liquid gases! The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z Vallery sitting at the right hand of their Mayor, with her mild air of deprecating the too-great honor done her—and her little sulphurous flame of vitriolic contempt playing over the convolutions of her brain. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Adjoining the Ram Inn is a sulphurous well, and at a small distance from the town is a chalybeate spring. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Hooke still associated earthquakes with volcanic action, and connected both with what he called “the general congregation of sulphurous subterraneous vapours.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The air down below was as hot as the waters on deck; hot and sulphurous, so that the perspiration stood on the brows of all below. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z They beset him—waylaid him—tempted him—but no art could induce him to enter their sulphurous dens. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z A sulphurous, copperly glare streaming through cast a weird unearthly sheen on the unrhythmically lapping wavelets of the river. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z This is a sulphurous sort of soldier; give him to the hangman! The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z An aqueous solution of fuchsine is decolorized on the addition of sulphurous acid, the easily soluble fuchsine sulphurous acid being formed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Outside it was not only hot and stifling—for not a breath of wind was blowing—but the air had a strange and almost suffocating sulphurous odour. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z The sulphurous smoke, clinging to the close undergrowth and tall grasses, filled their nostrils with the scent and madness of battle. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z As it did so I started back, for a choking sulphurous smell arose, and to my excited imagination I thought I heard strange cries. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z I see that; I see they are sulphurous fellows. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The eruption on this occasion did not amount to anything very serious, only covering some hundreds of acres with sulphurous d�bris, yet serving to show that the volcano was not dead, but sleeping. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z In the forest, on the left of the road, are numerous "cendri�res," or quarries, from which volcanic sulphurous cinders, used for improving the vines, are extracted. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z In that pitch-black darkness, that almost sulphurous air, it seemed as if a thunderbolt must fall. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The sulphurous smoke, moreover, set me coughing greatly, while a great feeling of dread gat hold of me. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z Noll Wing stopped and swore sulphurously and bade Mr. Cox put his boat in order. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z The country contains thirty volcanoes, none of which are permanently active, but all of which have their periods of eruption, and most of which exhibit their dangerous nature by emitting sulphurous smoke and ashes. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z A thousand smokestacks belched out of their fetid bowels an endless flow of yellow, sulphurous smoke upon an already overladen atmosphere. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Often they were stifled by the hot sulphurous air in the flues; often they would stick in the chimney and faint from the effects of terror, exhaustion and foul air. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z Sometimes a sulphurous radiance would fill the place. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Mr. Ham and his boat bobbed placidly upon the water; and Mr. Ham looked, saw what had happened, and spoke sulphurously. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Hold the spot over steam till quite moist, then over burning sulphur; the sulphurous gas will cause the spot to disappear. The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner 2011-07-12T02:00:30.643Z But even such a threat was preferable to the intolerable, sulphurous atmosphere they were leaving behind. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Everybody knows that a slow foursome gives the Recording Angel a busy afternoon, and leaves a sulphurous haze over an entire course. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z It is more probable that it arises from the sulphurous acid in its combination with barytes, which may operate as a poison to animals. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The smoke lifts slowly, and there is a sickly, sulphurous smell mingling with the cool, fresh air. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Take heed; and ere the lightning strike, Fly from the sulphurous clouds.—I am not dull; For, bright as ruddy meteors through the sky, The thought flames here, shall light me to my safety. The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-07-03T02:00:12.153Z It was a master-stroke of diabolical cunning, for now, added to the smoke and soot, the sulphurous fumes of the blazing stove rendered the conditions of the room beyond further endurance. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The plunderer, too, perhaps catching the sulphurous flash, explores his wretched prey, and stalks to midnight murder. The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts 2011-06-26T02:00:10.547Z The waters are sulphurous, and their temperature is above 38 degrees Reaumur. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Kenneth, who was kneeling by his chum, was thrown violently against Rollo, and the two, deafened by the concussion, found themselves gasping for breath amid the sulphurous fumes that wafted around them. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z The Entrance into Hell, represented by the Mouth of the Leviathan, or great Whale, belching flames of sulphurous fire.’ The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z In this neighbourhood are mineral springs of three kinds,—saline, sulphurous, and chalybeate,—and a pump-room, frequently attended by a numerous company. The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble 2011-06-12T02:00:06.820Z He seemingly came forth from the furnace with no sulphurous smell about him. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z It was about this time the sulphurous waters were discovered by some soldiers of the 16th regiment of chasseurs in garrison at Constantinogorsk. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z These three postured gloriously before me, as though they had been upon a stage—and a sulphurous splendour emanated from these beings who so disengaged themselves from the opaque heart of the night. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z As all the combatants were close-hauled and the wind was light, a great bank of opaque sulphurous smoke had gathered all about them. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z His conversation is like an eruption, now a burning lava-stream of glowing inspiration, now sulphurous mockery and scorn, and now, wide-flying, a shower of sharp stones of criticism. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Nearer and nearer came the storm, till the lightning flashed across their path, illuminating the horizon with its sulphurous glow, but as yet not a drop of rain had fallen. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Thus was gradually formed the pretty little town of Piatigorsk, which now contains seven principal bathing hotels, and eleven warm sulphurous springs, the temperature of which ranges from thirty to thirty-eight degrees Reaumur. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Before him arises the sulphurous smoke of the conflict. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z The bleaching is usually accomplished by the use of a hydrosulphite, either in the form of sodium or calcium, but sometimes only the sulphurous acid gas is used. The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 2011-04-13T02:00:12.527Z The smoke from the guns, at the same time, rolled sullenly towards the yacht, hid the pirate from them, and enveloped the brig in an impenetrable cloud of sulphurous smoke. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z In 1895 a scheme was put forward for treating grain with sulphurous acid, and about two years later it was proposed to subject both grain and flour to the influence of electric currents. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The forests were shaken with the unwonted thunder, whose roar was heard at Crown Point, forty miles away, and the autumnal haze grew thick with sulphurous smoke. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z There are several mineral springs in the county, some of them chalybeate, others sulphurous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Usually sulphurous acid is used for this purpose, but sometimes phosphoric acid, or a form of it, is employed. The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 2011-04-13T02:00:12.527Z Livid and sulphurous the cloud came on, With thundering threats o'erflowing, and red lit. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z If the cost did not exceed the combined cost of acetic acid and sodium bisulphite, the employment of sulphurous acid solution might be worthy of consideration. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z They congregated in the Whitney office where the air was sulphurous with their fury. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z Other yeasts are stated to form sulphurous acid in must and wort. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z It has a much greater bleaching and reducing action than sulphurous acid, and oxydizes very readily in combination with moisture, forming sulphate. The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 2011-04-13T02:00:12.527Z But the fairy-land melted away all at once, like a mirage in the desert; like the last scene in a pantomime, the rosy and cerulean lights went out in foul sulphurous vapours. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z There is one drawback to the use of sulphurous acid solution, and that lies in the proximity of the limits of the quantities necessary for coagulation and that which is in excess, and prevents coagulation. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z These springs, strongly sulphurous, rise a short distance inland at several points, and at last pour steaming over the rocks, which they have yellowed with their deposit, into the Euboic Sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z No water would be visible because all the water there was would still be superheated steam in a stormy atmosphere of sulphurous and metallic vapours. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Hydrosulphites, unlike sulphurous acid, will bleach equally as well in alkaline or neutral medium, as in an acid medium. The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 2011-04-13T02:00:12.527Z The lightning seemed, for more than an hour, the continuous pulsations of light from a sulphurous furnace, and the thunder pealed with the cracks and rattlings of one long roar of artillery. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z This gas dissolves easily in water, forming an acid solution called sulphurous acid. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z A most useful lotion is acid sulphurous, 1 oz. to 5 oz. of water, adding about a teaspoonful of glycerine, and sponging the affected parts twice or thrice daily. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z A distant but threatening thunder murmur broke from the heart of a bank of sulphurous clouds beating closely over the south. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z The main cause, however, is the sulphurous mist which rises from the valleys and river sections in the mornings. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The moment he saw the smoke he sprang forward, and ran on until he had reached the spot where the bushes were still enveloped in the low, scattering, sulphurous vapour. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z From these trickled the blood of the creatures he had lately devoured, while from between his jaws issued clouds of smoke that filled the air with sulphurous stench. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z The mineral waters in the state are chiefly sulphurous and chalybeate, with the exception, I believe, of one or two of the saline class. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z The pale, sulphurous flame lit up the room weirdly. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Frequently the weather will be sultry for days, with a sulphurous odor in the air. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z St. Bernard’s Well, a sulphurous spring in the valley below Dean Bridge, Edinburgh, is traditionally associated with the sainted Abbot of Clairvaux. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z There they found neither gate nor porter, but a porch from which issued flames of fire, mingled with smoke and sulphurous stench. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z The cemetery is lost to view,—covered with sulphurous clouds, flaming and smoking and thundering like Sinai on the great day of the Lord! The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z On the down trail again, he re-entered the bank of falling ash and the sulphurous desolation. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z But if you have the opportunity," Hsien Sgam cut in, linking his slender fingers and smiling, "you will furnish me with a passport to that—er—sulphurous dominion which your Christian Bible threatens. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z And, Heaven knows, the sulphurous underground was leisurely beyond words. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z They had saturated the porous and sulphurous soil here and there with petroleum. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z Moultrie, with the tremendous batteries on either side by the hotel and east of it, and toward the inner harbor, bursts in an instant into sheets of flame and clouds of sulphurous smoke. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Imitation furs are dyed in this manner on wool-plush, the tips or other parts of the fibres being bleached by the application of sulphurous acid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Sometimes they are called Cwn y Wybr, or Dogs of the Sky, but the more sulphurous name is the favourite one. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Matt Dikinson writes in the Times of London that Mourinho didn’t mean it as a criticism, “but of course he loves to personalise any rivalry, and the more sulphurous the better.” One Team's Dream Is Another Team's Obsession 2010-04-28T18:06:00Z A major eruption in 1695 saw large parts of the country affected by a "sulphurous fog". Blast from past 2010-04-15T09:15:00Z Far upon the right was the smoke of thirty cannon, rising in a white sulphurous cloud. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The islands had “gotten to” Private Grant and “locoed” him, and he had breathed sulphurous maledictions against Captain Comyn’s life—but it was not those threats that now disturbed the company commander. The Law of Hemlock Mountain And to prove that it was the adversary, at these words it vanished into the ground, leaving a sulphurous smell behind. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z H�mon bring forth the rack, Fetch hither cords and knives, and sulphurous flames. Heathen Mythology The smallest strip of sulphurous yellow showed the place where the sun had gone down. The Undying Past No sooner had the crew of the boat landed, than they were assailed by a strong sulphurous smell, and proceeding directly to the lighthouse, they found the door shut, and no one answered their call. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 It has numerous hot sulphurous springs, used both for bathing and drinking, and much frequented. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis For it was told in other places that people had played cards till his sulphurous majesty appeared in person. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Besides these gases, the atmosphere also contains aqueous vapour in variable quantity, ozone, carbonic acid gas, traces of ammonia, nitric acid, and, in towns, sulphuretted hydrogen and sulphurous acid gas. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli It has warm sulphurous baths, which were known to the Romans, and which still attract a great many visitors. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide A Maori child lately disappeared while playing near some sulphurous jets. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands It owes its chief celebrity to its sulphurous and saline baths. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis The atmosphere of this region is so clear that the grand, solitary, sulphurous cone of Mount Ætna can be sometimes seen, though it is situated a hundred and thirty miles away, in Sicily. The Story of Malta Since sundown the hot air had grown closer and more sulphurous, and away westward over the waters the heavens seemed to be continually opening and closing, belching out great sheets of yellow light. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Instantly half an hundred rifles were discharged, and it seemed to me as if every feathered head went down, after which the scene was obscured from view by clouds of sulphurous smoke. On the Kentucky Frontier A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West The action of the subterranean forces is more demonstrative here than at Ohinemutu, and the immediate sulphurous effect upon the atmosphere is much more dense. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Didn't I scratch the sulphurous match And blow the flame to make it catch? Impertinent Poems They afterwards found several areas on the sides of Lassen where sulphurous gases were escaping from pools of hot mud or boiling water. Unexplored! Her opinion was, that the potato blight was caused by the lightning, because the turf burnt so sulphurously. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations It is surrounded by a cask, and contains cold water of a blackish appearance, and of a sulphurous taste. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact It was, however, no more significant than the scores of other steam-holes and spouting geysers which force themselves to the surface all about this sulphurous region. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands He raked the practice fore and aft; Lord! how his sulphurous breath would waft "Eternal and infernal tarmint To ivery grasping, grafting, varmint." Impertinent Poems The actual bleaching of wool may be effected in two ways, viz. by treating the material either with sulphurous acid or with hydrogen peroxide. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Sulphuretted hydrogen, by reaction of sulphurous acid, is decomposed, and sulphur sublimed, having a particular aspect, collects on the scori�. The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 It is surrounded by a cask, and contains cold water of a blackish appearance, and of a sulphurous taste. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact These natives called to mind the feather-crowned Crow Indians of the Yellowstone Valley, both races living in a wonderland of geysers, boiling springs, and sulphurous vapor. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Neither ever forgot that harsh gritting, or the sulphurous breath of that dim dawn. The Furnace Wool bleached with sulphurous acid or bisulphite is readily affected by alkalis, the natural yellow colour returning on washing with soap or soda. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" There you see a frightful opening in the earth’s crust nearly a mile in width and half a mile deep, and from the dark abyss comes rolling up a cloud of sulphurous vapors. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 It is surrounded by a cask, and contains a cold water of a blackish, slimy appearance, and of a sulphurous taste. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact The wonderful collection of geysers, sulphurous springs, and natural baths of the North Island are famous all over the world, and we shall presently ask the reader to visit them with us. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Torrents of rain swelled the Magdalena, sweeping along vast quantities of mud and other substances, which emitted a sulphurous vapor and destroyed the fish. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology After bleaching with peroxide and drying, the straw consequently undergoes a further process of sulphuring, i.e. exposure to gaseous sulphurous acid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" This is the cone of eruption,—its sides and summit covered with an imposing group of vents, seventy in number, all lined with sulphur and exhaling steam, black smoke, and sulphurous gas. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Earth was hardly dry Ere their corruption stank and their sin sulphurously Rose as a smoke to heaven, Ur, Babel, Nineveh, The Cities of the Plain. Satan Absolved When we left the Lake House, the silvery gray of the morning was struggling through the clouds of hot vapor and sulphurous steam which hung over and about the place. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands R. Bunsen, in his account of the pseudo-volcanic phenomena of Iceland, describes many valleys where sulphurous and aqueous vapors burst forth with a hissing sound, from the hot soil 448 formed of volcanic tuff. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology There are warm sulphurous springs here which are used for baths. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" True, two puddles of stagnant water did present themselves to our longing eyes, but how grievous was our disappointment when, upon tasting, the water proved to be brackish and sulphurous. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 Shall we embraize the earth in one vast funeral pyre By impact of a star? let loose a sulphurous wind? Satan Absolved The compound is readily prepared by the action of sulphurous acid or any other reducing agent on the quinone. Coal and What We Get from It Various rents were formed, which emitted a sulphurous vapor; separate tracts sunk away, and were swallowed by the earth. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Through the broken deck a column of winding sulphurous flame shot into the air. Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 At the conclusion of our march several pools were discovered, near which we camped; but we found that these springs were also sulphurous. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 Dost thou smell the sulphurous vapor, the breath of corruption, the stink of the slimy pool, reeking upwards? Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle Everything was soaking wet, and all our efforts ended in smoke, except a few sulphurous remarks. The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion He went to the bottom of the crater, and observed a slight evolution of sulphurous acid vapors, but the "hornitos" had entirely ceased to send forth steam. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The scene now became awful; incessant firing from ships, forts, gondolas and floating batteries, with clouds of sulphurous smoke, and the deafening thunder of cannon. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools He himself received the General's sizzlingly sulphurous assurance that relief would be sent and that that quadruply-qualified line would be rectified that night. Triplanetary It acts more rapidly than equal quantities of sulphurous acid, and it does not affect colours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The officer of the day went out with the impression that he had smelled something sulphurous, and that the Colonel was correct in his location of the regiment. The Story of the Raising and Organization of a Regiment of Volunteers in 1862 Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the District of Columbia, War Papers 46 And when my eyes had grown accustomed to the dense shadows I saw round me my companions in arms, scattered in thousands on the sulphurous ground, lit by fitful gleams of livid light. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels The mention of any sulphurous composition in an old writer is, with some, immediately converted into a regular tire of artillery. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem It is remarkable, that if the nostrils are presented to it, they will be affected with a sulphurous, or rather a phosphoric smell, just like that produced by an excited electric. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments Disinfection by sulphurous acid fumes is of great antiquity, and is still in very general use; for the purpose of destroying vermin it is more powerful than formic aldehyde. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Idallan leaped wildly from his bed, and before him stood the monster Rasalkol, surrounded by a pale sulphurous light, and horribly disfigured by the wound which Ryno gave him in the oak forest. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist Then the minister, having poised himself carefully, read a discourse, sulphurous but sincere; the Mowing Machine Man thrusting his elbow into my side in a most startling manner at every particularly blue point. An American Girl Abroad The palm trees were fresh and verdant, flowers grew round the brink of the fountain, and he perceived no sulphurous exhalation; but saw, on drawing near, a delightful brook of clear water. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors To-day, full of strangers in summer, who visit the sulphurous baths as did the Romans, and empty in winter, it exists without living, as does so many a Spanish town. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain The junior officer at the voice-pipe looks reflective, after each order he passes, as though comparing the quality of the reply with the last sulphurous rejoinder. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Hydrochloric acid is said to frequently issue from the crater; the gases that were most abundant appeared to be sulphurous acid and steam. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions We almost fancied a sulphurous odor hung about the gambling salons. An American Girl Abroad They could make out the ragged, irregular line of blue constantly vailing itself in sulphurous vapor as it poured murderous volleys into the enemy. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign Finally nothing could be seen save sheets of sulphurous flame jumping and skipping over the water as if playing with the waves. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles Very soon that black cloud worked up to windward, right alongside, and there came a red flash, and a strong sulphurous smell, and then a loud peal of thunder as the devil steps aboard. Devil Stories An Anthology Of other common products of Etna, there are sulphur in various forms, sulphurous acid gas, ammonia salts, hydrochloric acid gas, and steam. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions The sitter suppressed a sulphurous reply, and substituted, “To Minnesota.” The Witches of New York From the summit issue forth sulphurous vapours, but no flame. Volcanoes: Past and Present Its sulphurous smell may have suggested to all, as it did to one, the immeasurable distance of heaven at that moment, and the awful nearness of hell. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories Two bright little imps darted away, and the Thing turning round to me with a sulphurous yawn, said, 'I don't mind, Phil, if I lie down with you.' Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Reducing agents, such as sulphurous acid and sulphuretted hydrogen, convert the chromates into chromic salts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Following the direction indicated, the lad saw what appeared to be a heavy cloud lying low down in the horizon, but creeping slowly upward, like the sulphurous vapor that sometimes hovers over a battle field. Through Apache Lands In her dark eye and the yellowish white around it played such a glimmer as one durst not face—a glimmer like the sulphurous jet of a volcano. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages We like to see our leaders standing rampant, and with sulphurous, or at least thundery, backgrounds. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 The fire, in burning, turns into gases, which are rank poison—carbonic acid, for one; sulphurous acid, for another. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Hydrochloric acid, sulphuretted hydrogen and sulphurous acid are rapidly oxidized by chloric acid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" “You still smell like a Communist, Char,” Nick said, sniffing the good sulphurous air. Satan and the Comrades It was an outbreak of the explosive forces of the long gathering tempest, its sharp and terrible lightning flash and stroke, the sulphurous vent of the hot surcharged heart of the North. Charles Sumner Centenary The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 14 He expected a thunderclap, the flashing of lightning, sulphurous fumes—but the night remained silent and quiet; not a sound broke the stillness of the monastery; the snow outside fell steadily. Orientations The whole sweep of the bay was visible from Sorrento to Baia, together with the islands, scattered like giant sentinels at the mouth; but all looked strange and fantastic through the sulphurous vapor. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 It may be distinguished from chloric acid by the fact that it does not give chlorine peroxide when treated with concentrated sulphuric acid, and that it is not reduced by sulphurous acid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" A terrific heat came from its maw of unbroken black, and a peculiar, choking odor, sulphurous. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 With iodine compounds, iodic acid is likely to be formed, and hence the solution must be reduced with sulphurous acid before precipitation with silver nitrate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" There was indeed no mistaking the sulphurous smell. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines Darkness is upon us, save the glimmer of the stars, as the sulphurous clouds sink into the humid valleys. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The line responded with a yell as it sprang forward, and soon was wrapped in the sulphurous smoke of its volleys which it thundered against the foe. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House The air of towns and cities generally contains sulphuric and sulphurous acids and sulphuretted hydrogen. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors The sulphurous acid is formed by the union of oxygen with sulphur by a lesser degree of oxygenation than the sulphuric acid. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries In some, the current is easily noticeable; many are completely dry; whilst others contain thermal mineral water, emitting at times strong sulphurous odor and vapor. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa Hark! the thunder bellows loud, And the night’s come down apace, And the lava flame, through its sulphurous cloud, Is ruddy on my face. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Across the sulphurous fume Lucifer gave a sign. Collected Poems Volume Two The weather was splendid, and the smoke instead of hanging murkily among the trees, rose rapidly and rolled away over the hills in dense sulphurous masses. The Battle of Atlanta and Other Campaigns, Addresses, Etc. From the same principle it is that the metallic oxyds dissolve without effervescence, and with great facility, in sulphurous acid. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries Nor did the voluble and sulphurous orders to halt that a patrol-ship flashed north. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 At one end of the beach we found three springs of hot water squirting out of the rock—tasted sulphurous. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Long before the more resistant gases had been liquefied, the more manageable ones, such as ammonia and sulphurous acid, had been utilized on a commercial scale for refrigerating purposes. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science The difficulties involved in the construction of a furnace of this nature relate to the prevention of cracking and consequent escape of sulphurous fumes and carbon into the air. The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction This is the case in the sulphuric and the sulphurous acids; and these two states of the same acid we have marked by varying the termination of the specific name. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries The only substance, in his opinion, that answers these requirements is sulphurous acid. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Martin, staring at it, decided that the air he breathed did have an alien, a sulphurous taint. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story But the clew thus gained, other gases were subjected to similar conditions by Davy, and particularly by Faraday, with the result that several of them, including sulphurous, carbonic, and hydrochloric acids were liquefied. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science At this the figure emitted a scream of rage, and broke into a torrent of sulphurous oaths. Carmen Ariza We are also told that "the sulphurous graves of Sodom and Gomorrah have been identified." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Raoul Pictet, who advocates the employment of another fluid—sulphurous acid solution—says that every machine must comply with five conditions: 1. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Up a sulphurous bank We climbed, and there I sank. Nirvana Days The sulphurous and thermal springs of San Diego are the resort of numerous invalids annually, who come hither from Europe and America. Due South or Cuba Past and Present It is the more volatile, sulphurous fumes of this oil which ascend as an onion is cut that cause the eyes to water, just as sulphur fumes do anywhere. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore A bomb fell in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue, and the houses on either side collapsed like houses of cards, falling into a sulphurous, fiery pit. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 The piled bodies sizzled, and to Asher's nose came a sulphurous smell. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 I say hellish, because there is no other word to describe that spectral, sulphurous emanation. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 Here they were tortured by having the boiling water of the springs poured upon them, and by being compelled to breathe the suffocating sulphurous air which these springs emitted. Japan Lightning flashed and gleamed on all sides, and the air felt sulphurous and suffocatingly oppressive. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' That it still lives is clearly seen by the smoke and sulphurous breath which it exhales, and the occasional significant earthquakes which occur about its widespread base. Aztec Land “This Puritan father said nothing but marriage with her would save Hamerton from the sulphurous flames and so my lady refused to sanctify their relations and rescue her lord from perdition!” The Strollers But Spud O'Malley, hanging precariously from that opening above, knew nothing of the sulphurous fumes or of the tight band they clamped about his throat. The Finding of Haldgren It was too sulphurous, or too insipid or it lacked in that nebulous characteristic which may be defined as true Americanism. A Waif of the Mountains The Protestants, in the opposite extreme of the arena, were seen emerging from the desolation, the gloom, and the sulphurous canopy of hell. Henry IV, Makers of History Onward they rushed, and, emerging from the sulphurous clouds, rolled forward in heavy columns. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Volcano warns them off.—The lost Boy.—A fearful Search.—A desperate Effort.—The sulphurous Vapors.—Over the sliding Sands. Among the Brigands The engineer's comments were indignant and sulphurous, while the big fireman turned back his shirt sleeves as if preparing to chastise the man rash enough to interfere with express freight traffic. Thurston of Orchard Valley The pillar of fire had risen from a point near Gadsden in Alabama and, in its wake, there spread a sulphurous, smoldering fire that crept along the ground and destroyed all in its path. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 A terrible controversy ensued, and the respectable-looking gentleman was swept out of the house in a cloud of blue, sulphurous flame. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The spray below the cataract seemed dun and lead-colored, as if it might have been the sulphurous smoke rolling up from a battle-field. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Each one fell flat on his face at Michael Angelo's warning, and covered his mouth and nostrils with his handkerchief, so as to keep out the sulphurous vapors. Among the Brigands The blood-streaked sky faded into sulphurous yellow toward the zenith, and the very air that hung over the land seemed full of yellow smoke, the omnipresent dust of the plains. The Hoofer Part way down we caught a pale yellow butterfly that was almost stifled by the sulphurous fumes. Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He was in a boiling rage in a moment, as was shown by his darkening skin and sulphurous eyes. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Gray-black, almost a powder, it had a faintly sulphurous smell. Mr. Wicker's Window Volcano warns them off.—The lost Boy.—A fearful Search.—A desperate Effort.—The sulphurous Vapors.—Over die sliding Sands. Among the Brigands As they gathered the harvest, the west wind brought a faint, sulphurous smell of pit-refuse burning. The Rainbow Towering seven feet from the ground, the great umbrella-like top was aglow with sulphurous light on its under side. The Copper-Clad World Loge craftily asked.-320- "Get thee through that sulphurous cleft," Wotan answered, pointing to the deep fissure in the rock. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces A precision of speech, born of clear thinking, what controversial battlefields of sulphurous smoke and scattering fire might it prevent. The History of Dartmouth College A broad sheet of flame, a white, sulphurous cloud, a deep roll like the angry growl of thunder. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field Slaked lime, laid on trays in an air-tight compartment called the lime purifier, absorbs most of the sulphurous elements of these; and the coal gas is then fit for use. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use A gas grenade burst at his side and Blaine sprang to his feet, running from the spreading sulphurous cloud. The Copper-Clad World He no sooner ceased to speak than Loge swung himself into the black abyss, and a frightful, sulphurous vapour arose from the opening. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Several processes employ an alkali, such as ammonium hydroxid, to free the caffein from the acid; or an acid, such as acetic, hydrochloric, or sulphurous, is used to form a more soluble salt of caffein. All About Coffee Six flashes of light, and six sulphurous clouds are belched towards the moving mass. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field The flowers are good against palsy, numbness, convulsions, and cramps, being given in a sulphurous or a saline tincture, or an oily tincture, or an essence of the juice with spirits of wine. Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Next, I find that acetic acid, by generating sulphurous acid, has a similar effect, and my care was to try and make a solution which should be free from these defects. Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Some of you will have heard that there are smelting works to-day where the sulphurous acid, which copper pyrites supplies when it is roasted, is used for the manufacture of sulphuric acid. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar The Demon scowled at me as if at once incensed and overawed; and then, coiling himself up in a thick and sulphurous vapor, he disappeared from his place. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland There are sudden flashes overhead, explosions, and sulphurous clouds, and whirring of ragged pieces of iron. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field Georgia bore upon her sulphurous bosom an Andersonville, within whose walls thousands of the nation's noblest sons suffered the most inhuman treatment and died the most agonizing and ignominious death. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. The windows were wide open on the hushed, warm, almost sulphurous darkness, from which frail white-winged moths came floating in towards the shaded lamp on his writing-table. The Invader A Novel The sulphurous steam of Albula suggests to him several passages of Martial. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Grey and sulphurous and gold-edged clouds floated in masses on the blue sky. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange The vital air was changed into a sulphurous vapor, charged with burning dust. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The air was filled with sulphurous smoke, and the shrieks and howls of more than two hundred and fifty mangled men rose above the yells of triumphant rebels and the roar of their musketry. The County Regiment A Sketch of the Second Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War When a solution of sulphurous acid is employed, exposure of the liquid to the air suffices to disengage the sulphur dioxide necessary for disinfection. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) But carbonic acid, silica, sulphurous acid, have no hydrogen in their composition; that property can not, therefore, be connoted by the term, unless those substances are no longer to be considered acids. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive It is, however, no more significant than the scores of other steam-holes and spouting geysers which force themselves to the surface of the land all about this sulphurous region. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands A very pure alum is produced in volcanic districts by the action of sulphurous acid and oxygen on felspathic rocks, and used by the ancients for different purposes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The field of activity of the member proportions itself, as it were, according to the expansion or range of its sulphurous radiation. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts Then, standing erect, she thrust the sulphurous blue blaze into the faces of two rough-looking fellows just advancing to seize her. The Panchronicon The external indications of the presence of sulphur are the appearance of gypsum and sulphurous springs. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 It is dotted with cones 60 or 70 feet high, and extensively intersected by deep cracks, from both of which sulphurous smoke ascends. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. The darkness grew into profound night, only broken by the blue and sulphurous flashes which darted from the pitchy cloud. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life As to the Chamber of the Companion hung in red, it represents the sphere of action of our individuality, measured by the extent of our sulphurous radiation. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts A gentle breeze off the shore carried the sulphurous fumes directly over the boat, and these, together with their officer's terror-stricken tones and the sight of that uncanny, sourceless light, struck the crew with panic. The Panchronicon The rock-circle is a perfect ring of flame, sheeting forth in red jets athwart the hanging sulphurous smoke. The Sign of the Spider His last words were lost in the loud thunder's crash; The sea seemed ablaze with a sulphurous flash. Three Women Th’ invention all admired; up they turn’d Wide the celestial soil; sulphurous and nitrous foam They found, they mingled; and, with subtle art Concocted and adjusted, they reduced To blackest grain.” Select Temperance Tracts They all felt for James intensely; the form of Mr. Jackson, hooded and surpliced, had acquired a new authority, and his solemn invective was sulphurous with the fires of Hell. The Hero As the two battling sea-monsters drifted slowly along, a pall of sulphurous smoke hung over their black hulls, like a sheet of escaping steam. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure In burning beards of comets red I float; I dance with lambent torches on the stars; I wash with sulphurous flame the roaring throat Of peaks, and blaze beneath the thunder's cars. The Masque of the Elements The smoking crater presented the appearance of a hollow sulphurous semi-circle about 1200 feet wide and 300 feet deep, covered with the d�bris of pumice and other stones. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Dazzled by the sudden intensity of light, deafened by the concussion, he was conscious of a vile, sulphurous odour assailing his nostrils. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force Then there was complete darkness for ten minutes, caused by the dense volumes of sulphurous smoke and clouds of dust and shattered rocks. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Their eyes were reddened with sulphurous fumes and their clothes torn with splintered planking. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure At his word, sulphurous smokes arose, and from the thronged assembly seven hideous forms broke forth. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers When powdered it emits a strong odour; when burned it smells sulphurous, and, wonderful to relate, it is kindled by water and extinguished by oil. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lightly the golden glory rose till only the highest peaks retained its flame; then it leapt to the clouds behind the peaks, and gorgeously lit their somber sulphurous masses. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range Be strong!” the wind suddenly changed and the atmosphere, which up to that moment had been impregnated with sulphurous gas and suffocating fumes, cleared away and the sun burst forth. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Sir Moses did not find them sulphurous, but rather salt. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 Only in case of vitriol peats is so much sulphur present, that it is recognizable by the suffocating fumes of sulphuric acid or of sulphurous acid, which escape in the burning. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel The ninth army corps was moving this day to its camp, two or three miles northward; and part of its cannon, their brazen throats still tarnished by sulphurous smoke, added to the throng. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy They stopped for a time on a high bank above the lake, while the sunset turned the storm-clouds into mountains of brass and iron, with sulphurous caves and molten glowing ledges. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range There were frequent eruptions of sulphurous water from fissures in the ground, and an island in the Orinoco disappeared. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror By the morning we had got quite accustomed to the sulphurous odours. A Girl's Ride in Iceland This brackish water was found to be delicious, although it had a sulphurous taste: its color was that of whey. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. In his profound preoccupation he speaks of the "bourne from which no traveller returns," and of "evils that we know not of," although the Ghost had told him "of sulphurous and tormenting flames." The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 The crows sat gasping, open-beaked, as if protesting against having been born into so sulphurous an existence. Studies in Literature and History He insists with a heavy sulphurous, wrathful emphasis on this. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 But there is at least freedom from the sulphurous atmosphere which pervades the ordinary car, with its two infernal machines, one at either end. Faces and Places To the west a small patch of open sky glowed sulphurously through a smoke pall. Stubble The air was sulphurous, the ground hideous with filth, and blood, and dead bodies. "The Pomp of Yesterday" How could there be fire in a country where not even sulphurous language served to start the kitchen kindlings? The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 But he regained his senses while Denman dragged him up the steps and forward beside his enemy, Sampson; and he emitted various sulphurous comments on the situation that cannot be recorded here. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility Not a vestige of vegetation was visible anywhere from the cutter, and from the summit of the cone, and from long, gaping fissures in the sides, ascended thin, wavering clouds of dull, sulphurous smoke. The Trader's Wife 1901 Greek was meeting Greek at last; and the field of politics became almost as sulphurous and murky as an actual field of battle. America First Patriotic Readings The boom of guns, the weird light of the star shells, the sulphurous atmosphere, the struggle of millions, formed a pageant so Homeric, and on such an awful scale, that imagination reels before it. "The Pomp of Yesterday" Sulphur and oxygen combine to form sulphurous acid gas, two atoms of oxygen and one of sulphur constituting the molecule of sulphurous acid. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Then, for a matter of ten minutes, the air in the close compartment might have smelled sulphurous to one strange to forecastle discourse. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility "Ladies go down very often," said Philippe, "and there is no danger, only the sulphurous smoke, if it happens to blow over upon you, is bad to breathe." Rollo in Naples The wind, too, was gradually dying away, and came fitfully and at intervals in hot, sulphurous puffs. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess It exploded with a tremendous noise, and for some time I was wellnigh blinded by dust and sulphurous smoke. "The Pomp of Yesterday" Instead of sulphurous acid, we might choose a dozen other substances, and produce the same effect with all of them. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 But he was furious and sulphurous, and that is why I have changed to homeopathy. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) The ground moved and rolled like the ocean waves, while large crevices opened in many places allowing smoke and sulphurous vapors to escape. Short Sketches from Oldest America We passed the 2nd October at Kusatsu, the Aix-la-Chapelle of Japan, famed like that place for its hot sulphurous springs. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The trees and bushes trembled, the air was laden with sulphurous fumes, the very earth seemed to quake under the impulse of exploding shells. Reminiscences of a Rebel Therefore I say, sharply and definitely, that the components of the molecules of sulphurous acid are shaken asunder by the aether-waves. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Now and then the sulphurous flash of a shell explosion and the sound of trees falling and shell fragments swishing through the air. One Man's Initiation—1917 A loud explosion enveloped the wall in sulphurous clouds, and a cannon jumped back in recoil. Lorraine A romance For it constantly throws out "smoke," consisting of watery vapour, sulphurous acid, and probably also carbonic acid. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II There was pure air round them, and they drew deep breaths of it into throats and lungs parched by the fumes of sulphurous smoke. The Northern Iron From chlorine to sulphurous acid, from nitric acid to rum, from sugar to sulphate of quinine, — all has been invoked in behalf of this unhappy insect.' Fragments of science, V. 1-2 It is, therefore, in this and the analogous processes of roasting, that the sulphurous and arsenous vapours are so profusely given off. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 Animal fibers are best bleached by immersing in an aqueous solution of sulphurous acid or exposing them to fumes of burning sulphur. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Aix, the popular watering-place, is celebrated for its sulphurous springs and vestiges of ancient Roman baths there. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta Thick sulphurous smoke was rising through the open hatchway, and the cabin was already filled with it. Ran Away to Sea Indeed everybody was afraid to venture in that black hole from which the hot, sulphurous gases were pouring. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 If the wood is treated by sulphurous acid or bi-sulphite of lime fumes, it is called the "sulphite process"; if by caustic soda, the "soda process." The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing For if you poked and poked, you raised white cumulus clouds of ash, and you were left at last with a few darkening and sulphurous embers. The Lost Girl The white sulphurous stream was employed to turn a wheel for cutting slate or marble, and thence flowed into large and handsome buildings to supply the baths. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta Many a year the sulphurous fume Stung the nostril in that room. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Perhaps the most significant of all was the complete change in the aspect of the heavens, and in the sulphurous grit with which the air was laden. The Heart of Unaga There proceeded from his lips a sulphurous smoke of damaging words with Dives's face appearing and reappearing in the haze in a manner that was frightfully realistic. A Circuit Rider's Wife Of the gases used there may be mentioned, as the chief ones, sulphurous acid gas and, occasionally, chlorin. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Then higher up the air growing cooler, save for a peculiar hot puff now and then with a taste in it of sulphurous steam. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy This was of a peculiar bluish-green cast, and seemed so sulphurous they were nearly choked by it. The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine The summit of that mountainous island was, as we have already said, an active volcano, from which sulphurous fumes were constantly issuing—sometimes gently, and occasionally with violence. Sunk at Sea Most of these ponds are more or less brackish, some sulphurous, and others perfectly salt. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico The same may be used after the cracks appear, or a solution of sulphurous acid 1 part, glycerin 1 part, and water 1 part, applied on cotton and well covered by a bandage. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The pear blew out a cloud of smoke, sulphurous, with viscous strings through it. In the Control Tower For some seconds Clancy is invisible, the sulphurous smoke forming a nimbus around him. The Death Shot A Story Retold If a thunderbolt had suddenly fallen before Kennedy’s feet and cloven its sulphurous passage into the abyss, he could hardly have been more startled or more alarmed. Julian Home The smoke, as it, crept heavily upward, had an ugly, sulphurous, stifling scent, which caused Pegasus to snort and Bellerophon to sneeze. My First Cruise and Other stories Laguna Colorado.—Water somewhat sulphurous; fuel mesquite roots; grass abundant. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions I passed it at a bound, and instantly stood within the arched aperture of a deep cavern, whence a hot and sulphurous stream trickled slowly towards the ravine. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver His eyes had receded into their sockets; his lips were stretched over his teeth; and the swarthiness of his skin had become sulphurous. Sacrifice The Devil's Cañon is not a bad name for such a diabolical, sulphurous, hot, and altogether infernal den. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy "Swear?" said the boy, "it wasn't swearing, it was sulphurous." The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century This brackish water was found to be delicious, although it had a sulphurous taste: its colour was that of whey. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. For similar reasons our bookman prefers oxalic to sulphurous acid, but this too must never be used stronger than I have indicated. The Book-Hunter at Home The three great enemies of books are too great heat, too much moisture, and coal gas, which produces a sulphurous acid very destructive to bindings, and should never be used in libraries. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Every mind instantly conjured up the picture of a vivid figure in a frock that gleamed blue as sulphurous flames. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa In most works upon meteorites, the peculiar, sulphurous odor of things that fall from the sky is mentioned. The Book of the Damned Execration Thereat still fouler filled the sulphurous air: Before the rood the hermit sank:—"Salvation Grant, Lord! in his despair!" Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 She remained, as he talked, with her sulphurous eyes unwaveringly upon his face. Erik Dorn Hardly was the breeze strong enough to carry away the sulphurous cloud of smoke that formed the one blot on the fair surface of the fairest of all seas. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 On helmet and buckler poured floods of sulphurous fire. The Counts of Gruyère The fall of sulphur from the sky has been especially repulsive to the modern orthodoxy—largely because of its associations with the superstitions or principles of the preceding orthodoxy—stories of devils: sulphurous exhalations. The Book of the Damned Then there arose an odour of mere and perfect Tophet, and the room was filled with a sulphurous smoke. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Dominica abounds in sulphur springs, and vast sulphurous accumulations occur inland. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly A huge column of water, gleaming with a ghostly sulphurous light, was thrown high in the air, falling with terrific force on the deck of the frigate, which was almost capsized by the shock. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 There, beneath that sulphurous cloud, the North and the South were locked in an embrace that was not of love. The Long Roll I have many notes upon the sulphurous odor of meteorites, and many notes upon phosphorescence of things that come from externality. The Book of the Damned There were no flames, no sulphurous steam, no smoke, no bubbling whirls of viscid matter, nothing exciting whatever. Plotting in Pirate Seas I sighed at my square open pane in the hot, sulphurous mists of the street, and tried to see the stars and could not. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida A dense sulphurous smoke hung about the hulls of the two ships, making any extended vision impossible. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 There was an enormous, thundering noise, and the air was grown sulphurous cloud. The Long Roll In many instances, objects, or meteoritic stones, that have come from this earth's externality, have had a sulphurous odor. The Book of the Damned Bill struck a tandsticker match, and carefully nursing the tiny sulphurous flame with his hand, saw dimly some high-coloured object on the floor. Light Freights Before night her face was as black as a negro's, and her lips and throat parched with the sulphurous smoke of battle. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Then the old witch laughed, "Ha, ha, ha!" and the gnomes, ghouls, and all the rest of the enchantress' followers took up the refrain and laughed till the air was very dense with sulphurous fumes. Second Book of Tales You had quenched the sulphurous flames, and explained the more surprising of the miracles. The Brentons This phenomenon is described in the Monthly Weather Review, July, 1881, as "a strange sulphurous vapor ... burning and sickening all who approached close enough to breathe it." The Book of the Damned “It’s not extinct yet,” exclaimed Otto excitedly, pointing to the hollow, the earth of which had suddenly cracked in several places and was emitting puffs of sulphurous smoke and steam. The Island Queen The excellent general health of the employés also affords additional and conclusive testimony to this fact even although it is unquestionably true that there is at times a somewhat sulphurous smell there. The Iron Horse A sulphurous spring was also discovered, bubbling out from the base of a perpendicular rock three hundred feet high, the waters of which were dark-blue, and tasted like gunpowder. The Dog Crusoe and his Master Sulphides and Sulphites.—The presence of these compounds is denoted by the evolution of sulphuretted hydrogen and sulphurous acid respectively when the sample is acidulated. The Handbook of Soap Manufacture He notes that, in the tornado at Americus, Georgia, July 18, 1881, "a strange sulphurous vapor was emitted from the cloud." The Book of the Damned The bleaching is usually done with sulphurous acid gas, the cloth or yarn being exposed in a damp condition to the fumes of burning sulphur. Textiles and Clothing Still on we climbed till we found ourselves on the very basin of the culminating crater, but were almost driven back by the jets of steam and sulphurous vapours which surrounded us. My First Voyage to Southern Seas It even seemed to the reporter that this water, being slightly sulphurous,—which was explained by the neighbourhood of the volcano,—had a more direct action on the healing. The Secret of the Island Just as we had finished securing Delano, I bethought me that I smelt an unusual sulphurous odour. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman That a vast object from external regions should be sulphurous is in line with many data. The Book of the Damned We only know that all things are on a scale so vast that old Pluto might here have forged new thunder-bolts, and Milton's Satan might have here found the material for his sulphurous bed. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Often we found the ground hot beneath our feet, while jets of sulphurous vapour greeted our olfactory nerves in an unpleasant way. My First Voyage to Southern Seas The rank sulphurous smell of gunpowder, too, and the roar, like thunder, that echoed away through the cavernous woods, were things that he would remember. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear The peasants call it a spirit light, but it must be the sulphurous glare rising from one of the old cones, above some of which I have seen smoke hanging at times.” Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor It is said that there was a strong sulphurous odor. The Book of the Damned We almost fancied that, in the moving currents of air, we heard the wailings of the lost in the great sulphurous lake below. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited While the train rushed on at an awful pace, The sulphurous fumes scorched their hands and face; Wider and wider the country grew, As faster and faster the engine flew. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads It was nervous work, for as they climbed the earth trembled beneath their feet; low, muttering, thunderous sounds could be heard, while here and there from crevices puffs of sulphurous, throat-stinging vapour escaped. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle I believe that the "sperrit of de spring-hole" had been seen rising once or twice from a cloud of sulphurous smoke, but the excitement was confined strictly to the negro quarters. The Four Pools Mystery And the coke—or the substance that looked like coke—that fell at Mortrée, France, April 24, 1887: with it fell a sulphurous substance. The Book of the Damned When the zinc has dissolved and the mixture is free from any sulphurous smell it is run into the indigo mixture given above. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student I remember once peering over the edge of the crater of Vesuvius, and looking down into the pit, all swirling with sulphurous fumes. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. The next instant a huge body of sulphurous smoke leaped high into the air from one of the pit-mouths. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found It is infinitely sweeter to be attracted by the fragrance of Paradise than to be repelled by the sulphurous fumes of Pandemonium. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 According to its composition, it is liable to turn either black or a dull yellow in contact with sulphurous vapours. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists More recently it has been discovered that its attacks can be checked by sulphurous acid. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines The sulphurous acid formed is neutralized with lime, which is rendered insoluble and practically all removed in subsequent filtrations. Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value The chemical reaction by which the iodine is liberated from this compound is a complicated one, depending on the fact that sulphurous acid acts upon iodic acid, setting iodine free. An Elementary Study of Chemistry The sky was an angry, sulphurous green, pressing low upon a country utterly flat and nearly barren. The Infra-Medians The whiteness of the best samples rivals that of white lead, and it is not tarnished like the latter by sulphurous vapours. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists All that August night the fight continued, the stars rolling over in their sad majesty, but unseen through the sulphurous clouds which hung over the scene. Short Studies on Great Subjects Pliny describes how his uncle was suffocated by ashes and sulphurous vapour on the shore. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People When concentrated sulphuric acid is heated with certain metals, such as copper, part of the acid is changed into copper sulphate, and part is reduced to sulphurous acid. An Elementary Study of Chemistry The rivulet proved to be sulphurous and also hot, the temperature being about 91 F. We could not drink it, but we warmed our feet by standing in the water. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Being, like the deep and 'pale' varieties, sulphides, they are of course unaltered by sulphurous gas; but they will not stand exposure to light and air, or even to light alone. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Only with black and glaring strokes could those mysterious features be seized, features which seemed to belong more to the sulphurous kingdom of shades than to the sunny world of life. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians One lurid gleam of white cumulus in upper lead-blue sky, seen for half a minute through the sulphurous chimney-pot vomit of blackguardly cloud beneath, where its rags were thinnest. The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century Two Lectures delivered at the London Institution February 4th and 11th, 1884 No equilibrium can therefore result, since the quantity of the sulphurous acid is constantly being diminished because of the escape of sulphur dioxide. An Elementary Study of Chemistry When all is ready the chamber doors are closed, and the furnaces are heated, some sulphur thrown upon them, which burning evolves sulphur dioxide gas, sulphurous acid, and this acting upon the wool bleaches it. The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Nevertheless it seems that lye can be used for Baptism; for the water of the Baths can be so used, which has filtered through a sulphurous vein, just as lye percolates through ashes. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Faintness came over him, breathing the sulphurous smoke, with the tornado of battle stunning his brain— Faintness—forgetfulness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Lend thy serious hearing to what I shall unfold: My hour is almost come, when I must render up myself to sulphurous and tormenting flames. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales When a sulphite is treated with an acid, sulphurous acid is set free, and being very unstable, decomposes into water and sulphur dioxide. An Elementary Study of Chemistry From Vadina a good carriage road leads 6 m. to the Baths of Pietrapola, which are supplied by most copious springs of hot, saline, sulphurous water. Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads The gray morn Dawns on the scene; the sulphurous smoke Before the wind slow rolls away, And the bright beams of morning dance Along the spangled snow. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants Finings generally consist of a solution or semi-solution of isinglass in sour beer, or in a solution of tartaric acid or of sulphurous acid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Aggie left the sweet gardens, the white roads and green fields of Queningford, to live in a side street in Camden Town, in a creaking little villa built of sulphurous yellow brick furred with soot. The Judgment of Eve Solutions of sulphurous acid act as good reducing agents. An Elementary Study of Chemistry From this a department road of 4½ m. leads to the hot sulphurous baths of Pietrapola, with a large hotel in a healthy situation. Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads He was about to speak to him when there came a flash of lightning and a crash of thunder, and Blue Dave disappeared, leaving a sulphurous smell behind him. Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White Its sulphurous flame reached his fingers and reminded him. The Stowaway Girl Divided in mind between his obligation to the sleeping passengers and his duty to get the boat on her way, that officer spilled a good deal of subdued sulphurous language upon the situation. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North |
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