| 单词 | air-tight |
| 例句 | These first minutes with the mask decide between life and death: is it air-tight? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Leave to harden completely before serving or storing in an air-tight box. How to bake the perfect florentines 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Even now, government officials tasked with implementing it worry whether the new smart card system is air-tight enough to squeeze out middlemen working the black market. Egypt's Sisi scores early success with smart cards for bread subsidies 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Federal prosecutors have far more resources and face less political pressure, so they can take their time building a case until they believe it is air-tight. Federal charges ramp up pressure on R. Kelly to make deal 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Place into an air-tight container and refrigerate until set, about one hour. This crunchy quinoa snack will give you an energy boost with cacao, coconut, and dates 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z He rejected more than one offer of financing because the promise of final approval was not air-tight — although, given his experiences in Hollywood, it’s hard to blame him for that. The story of the final — and unfinished — work of Orson Welles 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z In a large, air-tight container combine the prunes, raisins, currants, cherries, and citrus peel, all of the brandy, and 3 cups of the rum. A spiced Jamaican black cake for Christmas, aged in rum & memory 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z While their debut worked around a post-dubstep framework of scratchy guitars, glitchy beats and air-tight atmospherics, Made to Stray, the first taster from its follow-up released last month, is a much more expansive, airier affair. New music: Mount Kimbie – Blood and Form 2013-04-09T13:00:00Z They waved to masses of cameras, said their long-term goodbyes to a cheering crowd, and stepped beyond an air-tight door. 'It's useful for viewers today': the film about a two-year voluntary isolation 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z The Christmas staple was preserved in air-tight conditions underneath the floor and they are still in good condition - but regrettably are not edible. Mince pies from World War II found under hotel floorboard 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z They presented nearly air-tight characters; they dived right into the 1920s: dialects, racial caricatures and all. Music Review: Frank Fairfield and Blind Boy Paxton at Jalopy 2010-07-21T22:41:00Z Place in bottles or air-tight jars and let ferment for a week before serving. Ginger beer is a Jamaican holiday tradition — and my grandmother's is the spiciest 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Instead the architect, Dennis Wedlick, applied passive-house techniques, using heavy-duty insulation, virtually air-tight construction and a constant air filter system to heat and cool the home not with technology, but with purposeful design. House Tour: Claverack, N.Y. 2011-07-21T23:19:36Z When cool, store cookies in air-tight containers for up to a week. The absolute best way to make sugar cookies 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z When cool, store cookies in air-tight containers for up to a week. The absolute best way to make sugar cookies 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Layton isn’t interested in making an air-tight case or broadcasting his opinion so much as in delving into deeper meanings. ‘The Imposter’ and a Sense of Balance 2012-07-06T14:30:00Z When cool, store cookies in air-tight containers up to a week. The absolute best way to make sugar cookies 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z According to blog creator Debi Morgan, the bark only takes about 20 minutes to make and can be stored in an air-tight container kept in a cool, dry place for up to one week. Pumpkin spice coconut bark is an easy fall dessert: Try the recipe 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Tough to argue, and voters for the Pro Football Hall of Fame made Revis a first-ballot inductee following a career during which he routinely locked down one side of the field with his air-tight coverage. Revis shut down his nerves and then the NFL’s best wide receivers on his way to the Hall of Fame 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Everyone else going 20 and 10 while playing air-tight defense. Letters to Sports: Dave Roberts' decision-making already drawing ire 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z But the 77-year-old US company is seeing cracks form in the once revolutionary air-tight sealing business that made it famous, with rising debts and falling sales prompting a warning it could go bust without investment. Tupperware: Why the household name could soon be history 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z We walked to the back room, cluttered with messy cabinets, a desk and a tub of T-shirts with an air-tight seal that saved it from the raid. Column: An LAPD SWAT raid wrecked this man's print shop. He can't get compensation 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Ukrainian authorities face serious challenges in gathering air-tight evidence in a war zone. Evidence of Russian crimes mounts as war in Ukraine drags on 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z In this air-tight room, scientists can precisely set the temperature, humidity and oxygen levels. Staying warm: What does an unheated room do to your body? 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The process occurs on farms inside air-tight containers known as digesters. A new tax credit for biogas could be a boon to factory farms 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z But “if you feel like there’s no alternative, that the government has presented an air-tight case or a very strong case, and you don’t have other witnesses that would be helpful, then you have to.” Prosecution rests, Oath Keepers 1/6 case turns to defense 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Cardinals win if: If Wainwright repeats his performance against the Dodgers from early September, the offense scratches a few runs across against Scherzer and they play their usual air-tight defense. Dodgers-Cardinals: A look at the National League wild-card matchup 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Another camera, the Sample Caching System Camera, snaps photos of the rock samples before it gets plugged into an air-tight container. NASA’s Perseverance rover finally snatched its first Mars rock sample 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z As it is, “Empire of Pain” seems an air-tight indictment of the family. Review: Review: A new exposé is an air-tight indictment of the family behind the opioid crisis 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z “Hard capture” occurred about 10 minutes later, meaning the capsule firmly attached to the station via 12 latches to create an air-tight seal between Crew Dragon and the space station. SpaceX astronaut capsule docks with International Space Station 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z When it comes to a cloth mask, Dr. Wakeam says facial hair probably isn’t inhibiting its efficacy, since there isn’t an air-tight seal to begin with. Maybe Consider Shaving That Pandemic Beard 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z “The government will be taking air-tight steps to ensure the residents of areas where the facilities are do not need to be concerned,” he said. South Korea's Moon urges calm amid protests over coronavirus quarantine sites 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Afterward, doctors fit a special cap on Ault to track electrical activity in his brain, and then sent him to spend the night in an air-tight chamber. Patients push limits for clues to chronic fatigue syndrome 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z “If her case is so air-tight … why does she need more witnesses to make her case?’ White House predicts Pelosi to `yield’ on impeachment delay 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Step 5 Store in fridge in an air-tight container. Dig in! Archaeologists serve up ancient menus for modern tables 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z "Cold, damp quarries aren't really good places for priceless works of art, so before they were moved in, six air-tight climate controlled brick huts were built inside the mountain," she explained. How art treasures were hidden from Hitler 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Happ, some stout relief and an air-tight defense that turned three double plays. Angels let 14-inning game slip away in loss to Yankees 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The air-tight seals kept things leakproof, so transporting one in my work bag is worry-free. What happened when I tried to break up with single-use plastic | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Or he could be saying that, if Mueller brings forward such a case, it will be air-tight and of the sort that lays out clear and demonstrable criminal activity. Rod Rosenstein drops mysterious hints about the possible release of Robert Mueller's Russia report 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Their formerly air-tight penalty kill has dropped to 70 percent. Feeling better, Anze Kopitar ready to help Kings get back to their winning ways - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z "We will continue to support legislation that creates air-tight coordination and partnerships between the state, the casino operators and the governing bodies in sports toward that goal." It's a safe bet that Supreme Court decision will be a game-changer for pro sports leagues 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z MLB said it would “continue to support legislation that creates air-tight coordination and partnerships between the state, the casino operators and the governing bodies in sports” toward protecting the integrity of the game. NFL seeks help from Congress on sports gambling ruling 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z “The next few weeks will be critical, requiring air-tight coordination between our two countries,” Kang said, noting that South Korean President Moon Jae-in would be in Washington to see Trump later this month. US hopes North Korea will become close partner, Pompeo says 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z "The next few weeks will be critical, requiring air-tight coordination between our two countries," Kang said. U.S. to help North Korea economy if it gives up nukes, Pompeo says 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Visitors arriving via the back door must don full-body overalls and rubber boots dipped in disinfecting shoe baths before entering the air-tight workspace. People, power costs keep indoor farming down to Earth 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Houston’s James Harden and OKC’s Russell Westbrook, former teammates with the Thunder, are the two leading candidates in an air-tight MVP race. Capsule previews of every NBA first-round playoff series 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Cooling in air-tight conditions produces a wild array of colors, and there’s exhilaration in unveiling each piece. Play with fire and you might get art 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Last August, Austrian authorities found 71 migrants, from 10 months to 56 years old, who suffocated in the air-tight cargo of a truck that left Serbia, traveling via Hungary to Austria. Human trafficking is back in a big way in Serbia and elsewhere along the Balkan migrant corridor _ a veritable growth industry as European Union nations slam their borders shut, leaving thousands of refugees stuck in Greece 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z The six-storey headquarters uses only one-third of the energy of comparable office buildings in Abu Dhabi – thanks to air-tight insulation and high-efficiency elevators. Masdar's zero-carbon dream could become world’s first green ghost town 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Store the dried leaves in a plastic bag or other air-tight container, along with a dry paper towel to wick away moisture. 8 Genius Hacks to Keep Your Produce From Going Bad 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z To test this idea, the researchers put air-tight bags over several kinds of orchids to collect their odors, and then analyzed each one’s chemical components. Orchids give off human ‘body odor’ to attract mosquitoes 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z When the holidays are over, store them in air-tight boxes, allergists suggest. Allergy and Asthma Sufferers Beware as Holiday Season Kicks In 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Quarterback Matt Leinart fumbled in that corner, in the closing seconds of an air-tight game. Pat Haden's illness adds more drama to USC's loss at Notre Dame 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Tiger Sheds says its model - at £1,999, several times the price of a basic shed - is air-tight and lined with repellent paper. A spider-proof shed? - BBC News 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z So terribly decomposed were their corpses that passersby noticed putrid liquid dripping from the air-tight interior once used for transporting frozen chicken. How one abandoned truck provided the proof: the Balkans are now the centre of Europe’s people smuggling web 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z In a well-ventilated area this is no problem, but inside Roland and Hazel's air-tight tent the carbon monoxide accumulated to toxic levels and overwhelmed them. My partner 'was killed by a barbecue' - BBC News 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z The Canadian defense has been air-tight in conceding just one goal in four contests, but their play on the attack has been uninspiring, scoring just twice in regulation time. England ready to take on 'aggressive' Canada 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Other companies talked up proprietary bud-friendly fertilizers, greenhouse components, indoor growing equipment and little air-tight jars to put your weed in. The Marijuana Market: Everybody Wants A Piece 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z We consider every objection and develop an air-tight defense for each one. How To Get Real Buy-In For Your Idea 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Isolation also includes a private room, which is usually sealed air-tight and is environmentally controlled. Why Does Ebola Treatment Cost So Much? 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Its elastic cuffs snap tight around the wearer’s wrists and ankles, but it is not air-tight, like the suits used by the CDC. Preparing for the Apocalypse Is Turning Into a Huge Business 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z And that’s how they play — as air-tight and tight-knit as any club in baseball. Baltimore leads the AL East because of its discount rotation and consistent bullpen Allow cookies to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving, or for at least 20 minutes before storing in an air-tight container. Seeded Chocolate-Chip Oatmeal Cookies 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Stack them between pieces of wax paper or parchment and wrap air-tight before freezing. Recipes for Health: Buckwheat Crêpes With Caramelized Apples 2014-02-17T16:11:10Z The All-Pro, known as 'Revis Island' for his air-tight coverage that left wide receivers stranded, will be licking his lips at the prospects of going up against Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith. Opening week offers plenty of intriguing storylines 2013-09-04T19:40:01Z Ultimately, it is your job to help them make an air-tight case as to why partnering with you makes sense. 7 Tips for Startup Business Development: David Vs. Goliath 2013-08-27T19:52:00Z The Obama administration's determination to avoid committing itself without air-tight proof, plus international backing, is due in part to the lessons of Iraq, a source close to White House policymaking said recently. Analysis: Crossing Obama's "red line" on Syria will require concrete proof 2013-04-24T01:00:14Z You must be able to articulate simple investment terms and an air-tight logic to describe how an investor will create returns. Should You Give Up Equity for the Sake of Growth? 2013-04-19T14:45:15Z If prosecutors do accept a deal, they will want to ensure that it’s air-tight, said Karen Steinhauser, a former prosecutor who is now an adjunct professor at the University of Denver law school. Aurora shooter to hear if prosecutors will seek execution 2013-04-01T11:34:00Z At the time, Beltway pundits positively swooned over what they claimed was Powell’s air-tight case for war. Could Twitter have prevented the Iraq War? 2013-03-18T15:38:00Z A combination of air-tight building materials, insulation calibrated for the local climate and windows set to maximize the angle of incoming sunlight all are designed to reduce energy needs. North America Gets Its First Sustainable ‘Active Home’ — And It’s in the American Heartland 2013-03-11T12:00:21Z But it’s kept in an air-tight tank holding some 1,500 gallons of preservative fluid, which is not a sustainable solution for smaller, more cash-strapped museums. A Museum Chapel for Microscopic Biodiversity 2013-03-01T16:15:03.220Z The Empowerhouse follows the principles of Passive House construction, an approach to building that emphasizes insulation, high performance windows, and air-tight construction. Inside the Empowerhouse, a Gorgeous $250,000 Passive Home 2012-12-20T16:15:10.990Z In Colorado, there are already air-tight rules around tracking a plant from seed to sale and linking that plant to its corresponding patient. Legal Marijuana Industry Is Slow to Catch Fire 2012-11-19T19:21:36Z Store saved seeds in a cool place in an air-tight container. Saving Summer Crops: How to Hold On to Your Harvest 2012-08-20T18:14:00Z The most inexpensive method to store electricity for the medium- and long-term is to use pumped hydroelectric and compressed air in air-tight caverns, for which the capital cost is about $100 kWh. Opportunities and challenges for a sustainable energy future 2012-08-15T17:21:52.727Z "There is this conception that IT is men with long hair sitting in air-tight rooms programming all day," said the company's website director Richard Nott. Why don't girls want to be geeks? 2012-08-03T01:38:07Z The ballonets, practically air-tight compartments, checked the downward movement, while the whole of the hitherto inclined bulk, pivoted as it were by the water-borne stern, dropped until it resumed its normal horizontal position. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z In the case of metal boats an addition will have to be made to the cubic capacity of the air-tight compartments, so as to give them buoyancy equal to that of the wooden boat. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z By an oversight in the hurry of preparation, the valves of the air-tight boxes had been left open, and she was fast filling. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The device consisted of a small cylinder placed above the frame over the axle-box, and having a piston fitted air-tight into it. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works 2012-04-03T02:00:35.800Z "It's as good as air-tight," Stubbs said with pride. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z In mailing living specimens the essential thing is a strong box, preferably tin, made as nearly air-tight as possible. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z The under surface of the upper part of p′ is covered by a leather disc, while the part that fits in h′ is kept air-tight by a leather-cupped packing. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The working of astronomical instruments from within air-tight compartments does not present any insurmountable difficulties, either mechanical or physical. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Are all the pipes, joints, and connections air-tight? A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z By this means he soon had a shelter ready, which, while it was by no means air-tight, was a great deal better than nothing. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z In order to perfectly preserve the colors, it is necessary to leave the specimens in the fluid, or, if they are taken out, they should be sealed up in air-tight vials or vessels. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z From that point, Smith stopped 16 shots in the final period, and the Coyotes finished the game by playing air-tight hockey. Smith stops 38 shots, Coyotes top Blackhawks 3-0 2012-02-12T05:19:18Z The near air-tight Phoenix defense limited the Flames to four shots through 12 minutes of play and spent the night clearing pucks and bodies from in front of the net. Doan's PP goal lifts Coyotes over Flames 2-1 in OT 2012-02-10T05:00:18Z Having settled this, the next point is to determine whether all the soil-pipes are air-tight and properly trapped. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z “This is a completely air-tight kennel, mounted on the top of our car,” the ad shows Mr. Romney saying in a Fox News clip. Political Memo: Obama Campaign on Lookout for Romney Flubs 2012-02-06T03:53:18Z Life at the hotel was mostly an anxious t�te-�-t�te with an air-tight stove. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z To exclude the action of the air, the cylinder was closed by an air-tight piston, but no change was produced in the result. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Perhaps they had been kept in air-tight boxes till the Discovery was imminent and then brought out to do honour to the occasion. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Metallic, metal-lined, or air-tight coffins should be used when possible; certainly when the body is to be transported for any considerable distance. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z They are carefully dried, first in the shade and afterwards in the sun, and are then packed away in bundles in air-tight metal cases. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z It is very advantageous to provide in each door a hole closed by an air-tight plug, so that in case of need a tool may be introduced for cleaning the grate. Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines 2011-12-28T03:00:31.087Z All joints were made air-tight with "diachylon," and when, through the bursting of a glass bulb within it, the receiver became cracked, the crack was rendered air-tight by the same means. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Its great property of elasticity has rendered it available in numberless instances beyond those of making cloth water-proof and air-tight. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z There was no fireplace, but a small air-tight stove. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z One end of the string was tied round his big toe, and he worked the other end up and down round the gathered end of the skin until the tied ends were quite air-tight. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z In apparatus provided with this kind of valve, it is therefore advisable to furnish the upper part of the generator with agitating holes closed by an air-tight slide. Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines 2011-12-28T03:00:31.087Z The slips are then removed from the furnace and placed in a larger iron vessel, where they are kept comparatively air-tight until quite cold. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The gaskets between carburetor and manifold, and between manifold and cylinders should be absolutely air-tight. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z But now our wonderful civilization has solved these problems; we make our walls of air-tight plaster, and we have invented a substance which will admit light without admitting air. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z I write this in the office, with an enormous air-tight stove, a parrot and some gold-fish as my companions. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z This fits right over the man's face, an air-tight joint being made between the helmet and his head by means of a rubber washer which can be inflated with air. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z The third, without date or signature, he placed in a little air-tight tin case, with the complete specifications of his discovery. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z The boxes may be covered with fine wire netting or with narrow strips of boards, fitting these so that mice cannot get in, but should not be air-tight. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z You are in an air-tight box, and can be warm provided you do not mind being suffocated. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Make the floor double, so that it will be air-tight and let the air circulate under the house freely. Profitable Squab Breeding 2011-11-03T02:00:14.677Z Air′-cell, a cavity containing air; Air′-cush′ion, an air-tight cushion, which can be inflated; Air′-drain, an ample space at the foot of foundation walls, for the sake of dryness.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Each gyroscope wheel with its motor is mounted in an air-tight casing from which the air is pumped out. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z The inside of the brick wall is covered with roofing cement, or pitch, or some other air-tight coating. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Spent two hours softening and filing up a taper key, but it fitted air-tight when we drove it in. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z At first he could not understand, for he was certain that both exits were closed, and the tube itself was air-tight. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Cut larger circles of the paper, wet thoroughly on one side with white of egg, and paste over the glass carefully, to make air-tight. Cookery for Little Girls 2011-09-17T02:00:25.833Z The divers' compartment, from which the divers go out into the water, is separated by an air-tight partition from the rest of the boat. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z While the change is hardly air-tight, China is moving more toward recognising ideas and their origins, rather than copying and proliferating. Analysis: China's telecom patent boom heralds innovation era 2011-08-25T02:32:18Z In the right-hand rear corner is an air-tight stove. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z You must remember that this is not a fashionable double ceiled and plastered air-tight house. Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia 2011-08-03T02:00:12.183Z Cook for five minutes and put at once into air-tight bottles. Cookery for Little Girls 2011-09-17T02:00:25.833Z So he proposed to put an air-tight cover on the cylinder with a hole and stuffing-box for the piston to slide through and to admit steam to act upon it instead of air. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z Make the lid of a kettle air-tight, and permit the steam to issue from the spout; a cloud is formed in all respects similar to that which issues from the funnel of the locomotive. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z Whether one likes it or not, the world is already made one, and any human attempt to divide it into air-tight compartments is hopeless. Japan and the California Problem 2011-07-25T02:00:13.940Z No; you will find them in close, unventilated offices, in close factories, in almost air-tight dwellings. Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia 2011-08-03T02:00:12.183Z He provided an air-tight jacket for the cylinder, to maintain its heat. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The bulb was then sealed at the tip and made air-tight. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z The ends of the tube, also the edges of the caps, must be ground, so that the point of juncture shall be air-tight. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z An altar and its pedestal are hollow and air-tight. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z A small room with a hot stove or open fire and the windows open, is much more wholesome than a large air-tight room freezing cold. Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia 2011-08-03T02:00:12.183Z The 'circulation' of the papers took place, and still does, in oblong mahogany boxes, air-tight, and fitted with a uniform Chubb's lock. The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India 2011-04-11T02:00:13.067Z In 1785 Richard Potter improved Quantz’s slide applied to the head joint as well as to the register of the foot by a double system of tubes forming double sliding air-tight joints. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z No matter how air-tight you keep it, the aroma evaporates or is absorbed. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z From birth, these mice are kept in special air-tight chambers and fed treated foods to ensure that they are not exposed to any microbes. Getting to the Guts of Malnutrition 2011-03-10T17:13:00Z That represents, in a beautiful manner, the diminished force of your life in an air-tight room. Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia 2011-08-03T02:00:12.183Z Coagulation, in fact, can be effected thus in any kind of air-tight receptacle; and experimentally the reader can obtain a satisfactory result by filling completely with latex the bottle which has a loose stopper. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z This sieve is installed in an air-tight longitudinal wooden chamber with glass windows on either side, through which the process of purifying can be watched. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z If kept as air-tight as possible in a tin-box, it will keep very well for about a week. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z There had been no flames, because the surface remained intact and nearly air-tight. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z Being as it was empty, and being as it was shut up air-tight, that ice-chest made as sweet a life-preserver as a woman could wish in such an hour. Friend Island 2011-02-28T03:00:33.693Z In the usual case the construction of the building is not calculated to render it air-tight, and the necessity for providing special air inlets does not arise. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z New England contains nearly all the great factories, labor in which is so prejudicial to health,—as well as a greater number of furnaces, air-tight stoves, and close houses. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Bottle when cool; put in each bottle two cloves and a pepper-corn, cork air-tight, put in a cool and dry place, and it will keep for years. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z This chamber must be perfectly air-tight, except in so far as a purposely arranged clearance around the sides, diminishing downwards and in well-established proportion, is adjusted to permit a “dash-pot” action and to prevent rebound. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Such an attitude of timidity and pessimism assumed twenty-five years ago would never have given us our present air-tight Interstate Commerce Act. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z Syrups can be prepared and kept in air-tight preserve jars until needed for use. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z We must all have observed, that, while the air of a hot kitchen is comfortable, that of a parlor at the same heat, from an air-tight stove, is almost suffocating. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Put four sprigs of mint into a quart of brandy, cork well, or cover air-tight if in a pot, and leave thus forty-eight hours; then strain through a cloth. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z We received on board from her thirty days’ supply, put up in the nicest kind of air-tight casks. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z It was like a double waistcoat, made of linen prepared with a solution of india rubber, the seams being likewise coated with caoutchouc, and the whole rendered perfectly air-tight. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z The success of preserving and canning depends upon heating the fruit until all germs are destroyed, then sealing it air-tight while still scalding hot. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Do they mean that we should shut ourselves up in air-tight rooms, and breathe over and over again, through half the twenty-four hours, the atmosphere we have already poisoned? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z It will keep for some time if kept air-tight in a pot or bottle, and in a cool, dry place. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z Consequently, a telegraphic wire once laid there, there it would remain, as completely beyond the reach of accident as it would be if buried in air-tight cases. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z To carry out this idea the air under examination was placed in an air-tight receiver and saturated with water vapour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z U.N. officials rejected any idea the base was involved, saying its sanitation was air-tight. UN calls for probe into origin of Haiti cholera 2010-12-16T04:01:06Z The tubing goes under an air-tight seal over the wound, and the pump is squeezed to create suction. Student-made device helped wounded in Haiti 2010-10-08T21:37:00Z When perfectly cold, seal the jars air-tight, and keep in a dark, cool, and dry closet. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z After being pounded 5-1 by Montreal in Game Three Leighton responded with an air-tight effort stopping all 17 shots he faced. Flyers push Canadiens to brink of elimination 2010-05-23T00:04:00Z The implementation of the waterproof controllers last July generated an air-tight vacuum within the controller, resulting in reduced speaker volume in a small number of cases, the company said. HeartWare initiates partial recall of controllers 2010-04-26T13:30:00Z He suggested that bread and flour could be preserved for years in air-tight bottles, and Captain Cook tried it with good results in his famous voyage. The True Benjamin Franklin It is composed of two separate pieces—two half tubes, which, when closely applied to each other, form a very thin and flexible pipe, perfectly air-tight and adapted for suction. Butterflies and Moths (British) When the last process has been gone through, leave the fruit in the bowl about twenty-four hours; then put it in jars, cover air-tight, and put away in a dry and cool closet. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z It must be kept in an air-tight container, in a dark, cool place. Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. No matter how air-tight a pitcher’s work may be, to win games the team behind him has got to hit. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager Roll the pieces in confectioner's sugar, and pack them in an air-tight box. Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables For example, apparatus which is to be exhausted by a Sprengel air-pump must be attached to the pump by a joint as perfectly air-tight as can be obtained. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students This is a lamp of the right-angled type, but the arc burns in a cylindrical glass chamber, not air-tight, but partially so. Optical Projection Part 1: Projection of Lantern Slides The instructions are in an air-tight capsule inside the kit. By Earthlight You know you were the man who really won that championship by your air-tight pitching. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager Chocolate makes an air-tight covering that protects all sides alike. Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables But in most cases one or other of the following air-tight joints can be employed, and will be found to be very convenient:— Mercury Joints.—The simplest form of mercury joint is shown at Fig. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students If boats are equipped with a small air-tight compartment of metal in bow and stern, it will increase their buoyancy to a great extent. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps One hundred and fifty settlers and traders, were thrust into an air-tight dungeon—in an Indian midsummer. A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland The residue in the retorts is removed while still red-hot to air-tight vessels in which it is allowed to cool. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Safety can easily be assured by thoroughly ventilating the stoke-hold and making the partition between the corridor or offices and the stoke-hold as air-tight as possible. Orchids He was conducted into an air-tight room near the bottom of the submarine, and, after the door had been securely fastened, water was admitted. Bert Wilson at Panama The men are carried from the compartments filled with the vapor, and the air-tight doors are closed to prevent the spreading of the noxious fumes to the magazines and engine-rooms. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 It will carry one person comfortably, and two at a pinch, and the air-tight compartments forward and aft make it a life-boat, unsinkable. Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 Despite rejection by experienced cuppers, manufacturing of an air-tight syringe continued to challenge inventors throughout the nineteenth century. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology The bulb and its seating are ground air-tight. A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing It had ceased to operate itself, Jed Hargraves saw, as he forced open the last stubborn air-tight door separating the engine room from the rest of the ship. Planet of the Gods Human nature does not come in air-tight compartments. Some War-time Lessons The Soldier's Standards of Conduct; The War As a Practical Test of American Scholarship; What Have We Learned? For these he always carried at the pommel of his saddle an air-tight box. The Mountain Girl Sophia found one of the hard, air-tight metal flasks they used for drinking in weightlessness. Voyage To Eternity When exhaustion is completed the tube is heated until the soft glass flows round the platinum and makes the seal air-tight. A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing Of course, the boat was air-tight and water-tight, but it had a supply of fresh air that would last half an hour for one man. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read On all long trips by dog train or canoe, pemmican made of buffalo meat and marrow put in air-tight bags was the standard food. The Story of the Trapper Alternatively the grain is discharged by an automatic valve from the vacuum tank into the second air-tight chamber which communicates with the compressed air chamber. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" Many people prefer to omit the air-tight case, and to keep a record of barometric, thermometric and hygrometric changes, applying corrections based on these to the times shown by the clock. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Is successful in keeping a few apples for winter market in barrels and boxes in a cellar, as near air-tight as possible. The Apple Dye once used can be kept in an air-tight dish and reheated whenever needed. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home Packed in our patent, air-tight tin pails, Cottolene reaches you as fresh as the day it was made. Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes Her mother, a little withered woman like crumpled parchment, cowered witch-like over the air-tight stove, and looked at Calvin and then at her daughter, but said nothing. The Wooing of Calvin Parks Then take each bottle out with a cloth, fill with boiling water kept close at hand, and cover while boiling with air-tight stoppers. The Book of Pears and Plums The old fireplaces which were once ignominiously built up with bricks to give free draft to the air-tight stove in its hollow materialism are being reopened, and in them again we light our Yule fires. Old Plymouth Trails The hard covering is nature's safe protection for the beautiful little bulblet within, and it comes so near to being waterproof and air-tight that the tiny sprout is slow in making its way out. The Gladiolus A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus “I only said that such houses were better than those which are all winter closed by double windows and burnt-out air-tight stoves.” Household Papers and Stories Now this here letter"—and here Bill took the missive from his pocket—"looks to me like air-tight, iron-bound, copper-riveted sort of testimony that says its own say. Mystery Ranch Yet they are in a place air-tight, except the small conductor to the atmosphere above them. Soil Culture In the noiseless air-tight darkness where it lay, saying perhaps to itself:—"Shall I ever take a trick again?" there was still dust, dust of thought-baffling fineness! When Ghost Meets Ghost Each ash-pit is closed airtight by a cast iron plate, and is provided with an air-tight door for removing the fine ash. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Doc got it going, which took two wooden matches, because the stuff was wringing wet—thanks again to an air-tight container. The Trouble with Telstar In warming rooms, the hot air furnaces, or box and air-tight stoves converted into hot air furnaces, should be used in preference to the ordinary stoves. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Make the corks air-tight by covering with sealing-wax on taking from the boiling water. Soil Culture However the house was fairly air-tight, we had good stoves, and spent jolly evenings, to which a cask of excellent beer I had got from Denver contributed not a little. The Truth About America And as to the private dwellings, after making them as nearly air-tight as practicable, they endeavor to preserve the status quo as regards air supply seemingly from season to season. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science Provision must be made, in such flues, for effective cleansing, by means of iron air-tight doors. The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction In case the stable is not too large and can be made almost air-tight the generation of formaldehyde gas, after removing all the animals, will be found very serviceable. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle The inside of the kiln should be well plastered with mortar to make it air-tight. Soil Culture These, too, had gradually disappeared beneath the angry waters, however, and with them had disappeared the steadfast priests and their faithful followers, sealing their living tombs into air-tight bell-jars that retained the atmosphere. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Above, in the airless space, they learned to operate the guns that were controlled from within the air-tight rooms. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 The illustration shows a simple furnace; but it would be an easy matter to improve upon this by providing iron air-tight doors lined with fireclay, for cleansing flues and air-chambers. The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction Those places at the sides and under the seats are all air-tight. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated Take out the cans, drop solder on the opening, and all will be air-tight. Soil Culture I'm just a rover when I'm at her controls, a vagabond in space—free as the ether that surrounds her air-tight hull. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 Coal gas is made by heating coal very hot in an air-tight chamber. Common Science Water only is added, and the barrels, which are perfectly air-tight, are kept revolving until the gold is thoroughly chlorinated, or, to speak plainly, put into a fluid state. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Scarcely able to stand, I alighted, and the landlord, seeing the lady, ushered us into the parlor, which showed signs of approaching civilization in the large-figured Kiddermister carpet and the 'air-tight' stove. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The whole principle of preserving is to make the cans air-tight. Soil Culture When we returned to the parlor, we found the good woman had brought down a sheet-iron air-tight stove from the attic, set it in the fireplace, and there was a crackling fire in it! Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. Press the cork in rather firmly, so that it is air-tight, but do not jam it in. Common Science It was air-tight, gas-proof; it would hold an internal pressure far beyond anything the wearer would demand; and its headpiece was flexible like the body of the suit, and would fit him closely. The Finding of Haldgren Far’s I can find out, it only cost him about six thousand to get an air-tight monopoly on Sunday shows for the next six months.” Rope But the tendency nowadays is to build better houses, to cover the walls with paper, to put on double windows, and even to paste up the cracks to make the room as air-tight as possible. Rural Hygiene Our masks consisted of a huge shirt of air-tight, light material which was belted in tightly around the waist, and bloused out like an ancient balloon when inflated. Vampires of Space For floats they meant to use some air-tight galvanized iron cylinders. Common Science Even from within the air-tight suit, through whose helmet-glass he peered, he sensed, as he had not when inside the ship, the vast desolation, the frozen emptiness of this rocky waste. The Finding of Haldgren The German tactics at once were imitated and improved on by the allied forces, and by July, 1916, the French had perfected a system of defense which, paradoxically speaking, may be termed "air-tight." The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Otherwise, the atmosphere would be more and more vitiated with carbonic acid and organic vapors, and every one would die as if shut up in an air-tight room. Rural Hygiene Fireplaces were accordingly bricked up to accommodate it, a pipe was run into it, and presently the170 air-tight stove supplanted Franklin's open grate. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia It was still—after he had closed the mittens—air-tight, an effective little submarine in the dark waters of the Great Briney! The Bluff of the Hawk The stuff hardened almost instantly, forming an air-tight seal between the glass hemisphere and the flat plate of glass upon which it rested. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 These hulls are air-tight as well as water-tight, and so buoyant that they draw but a few inches of water. Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly In short, the room must be made absolutely air-tight. Rural Hygiene After a time there came the sudden crackling of the air-tight bulkhead which separated the salon from the forward sections. In the Orbit of Saturn For the first time in her long life, Aunt Betty found herself wishing there was a chimney and a large air-tight stove in it; it would be fitter for a young girl like this visitor. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story We have oxygen to breathe and an air-tight vessel to retain it. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 They were not in very good condition, but the tires were air-tight and that was enough. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall The method of preventing such ingress is plainly to water-proof the outside walls of the cellar and provide an air-tight floor over the cellar bottom. Rural Hygiene This accomplished to his satisfaction, he lighted it, crammed some wood into the little air-tight stove, and tilted his chair back against the log wall. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country Inside the chamber is a cylinder, the piston of which is rendered air-tight by a rubber ring rolling between it and the cylinder walls. 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 Dan, who was on his way to bed, had stopped, close to the air-tight stove, to warm his hands. A Bookful of Girls Pour it into an air-tight jar and when it is cool screw on the top. Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools If roasted coffee has to be kept, it must be kept in an air-tight vessel. All About Coffee Through a long transmission-tube passing through an air-tight closure in the walls of the calorimeter it is possible to count the beats of the heart without difficulty. Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man It consists of a cylinder with an air-tight piston, and a piston rod working through a cover at one end. 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 It is applied as follows: the end of the house drain is plugged up with a proper air-tight plug, of which there are a number on the market. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) But, in the matter of breathing, the egg is no better off for being shut up, on top of the provisions, in a clay casket quite as air-tight as the jar itself. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Their hygroscopicity necessitates packing and keeping them in air-tight containers to prevent them running into a solid, slowly soluble mass. All About Coffee The principles involved in the construction of the chair calorimeter are here applied, i. e., the use of a structural-steel framework, inner air-tight copper lining, outer zinc wall, hair-felt insulation, and outer asbestos panels. Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man The portion B is elongated into a tubular shape for connection with the horn, an arm of which slides over the tube and presses against the rubber ring C to make an air-tight joint. 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 In these water is stored under suitable pressure in air-tight tanks, filled partly with water and partly with air. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) During this time he thought of an air-tight stove and got Mr. Foxall to make some according to his ideas, but they did not work out to please him. A Portrait of Old George Town These boxes are arranged upon shelves in a dark cupboard—or preferably an iron safe—which should be rendered as nearly air-tight as possible, and should have the words "media stores" painted on its doors. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. This principle, in order to be accurate for oxygen determinations, necessitates an absolutely air-tight system and consequently special precautions have been taken in the construction of the chamber and accessories. Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man In the case of a steam-boiler the energy of combustion is transmitted to water inside an air-tight vessel. 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 At the back and opposite the two windows stood the well-blacked, shiny, air-tight stove. The Panchronicon This consists of a barge fitted with an air-tight cabin provided with an air-lock, and having in the center of its floor a large oval opening, surrounded by a casing standing up above the water-line. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Warm the pipette in the gas flame so as to melt the sealing wax and make an air-tight joint. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. All of these openings are tested carefully and shown to be absolutely air-tight before being put in use. Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man The piston rod works through an air-tight stuffing-box in the bottom of the casing, and when it rises operates the brake rods. 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 In the evenings she sat by her small air-tight stove, read, and tatted! Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Two air-tight cylinders, A and B, contain air at ordinary pressure. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 The bag-pipes consists of an air-tight leather bag having three to five apertures, each of which contains a fixed stock or short tube. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" In front of this galvanometer coil and inclosed in the same air-tight metal case is the plunger contact Pl, fig. Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man 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 Evidently his professional duties were not pressing, for he was hunched up over a small air-tight stove and amid a smudge of tobacco smoke was reading “Pickwick Papers.” The Wall Between No fire had been laid in the small, air-tight stove; the room had a closed, musty smell, and was more chill than the night without; his breath hung before him in a white vapor. Mountain Blood A Novel Yes, I know we'd figured we'd got everything caulked up air-tight, but I says to myself, 'What's the use in taking a chance on a leak if you don't have to?' Sundry Accounts The cages—I can think of no better description—were of red lacquer, about four feet square, with glass sides, and, so far as I could see, entirely air-tight. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China His legs he encased in pleasant pink and amber garments of an air-tight material, which with the help of an ingenious little pump he distended so as to suggest enormous muscles. Tales of Space and Time Consequently, a telegraphic wire once laid there would remain as completely beyond the reach of accident as it would be if buried in air-tight cases. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader These, with the larger press, an air-tight sheet iron stove and some nondescript chairs, completed the office furnishings. Mountain Blood A Novel The faces must be cut by a very sharp chisel, until fitting as nearly air-tight as possible. The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. This jar is made perfectly air-tight, and buried several feet deep in the ground, where it is left for the space of several years. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests When his supply is low he swims to a submarine castle of silk, so air-tight that he can keep it filled with a large bubble of air, upon which he draws from time to time. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The air-tight tube was then locked down, and the missile was ready for its victim. Some Naval Yarns Its thickness and its property of being air-tight, will be easily observed to be its only causes of safety. Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction A few really fine cakes can be made at a time, and kept in an air-tight box, with layers of paper between, for some time. Choice Cookery Before you light your candle, be sure that windows are closed and the room is as air-tight as you can make it. Simple Sabotage Field Manual An air-tight sack buoys up seeds.—Here are several dry fruits of sedges—plants looking considerably like grasses. Seed Dispersal They were open at the bottom, but perfectly air-tight everywhere else. James B. Eads It is composed simply of plank two and a-half or three inches thick, so closely joined, and so nicely fitted to the walls, as to be completely air-tight. Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction The flesh is treated with arsenic and then sewn up in new cowhide, which shrinks, becomes air-tight and preserves the contents. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria Keep all groceries possible in air-tight labelled cans or glass jars. Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest An air-tight apparatus for saving people in cases of wreck. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. But I do remember now that you always make it a point to carry along several wooden plugs and some wax calculated to make an air-tight joint. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold In fact, it is the only patent leather made that is not air-tight. The Story of Leather So as to make it air-tight, and give it a chance to move freely up and down. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls I did not suppose that it was air-tight. The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure But these political compartments will not be particularly air-tight in any case. The School and the World The room was a dreary little place, with a high, dingy ceiling, one small window, placed far up the wall, and a small air-tight stove with no fire in it. The Other Side of the Door In air-tight containers the nuts do not decay but germination capacity is quickly destroyed and bitter flavors develop quite rapidly. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Yes, that paste of clay is to make it air-tight. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls The door would not open; built with air-tight nicety, it did not budge in the least. The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure A dense fog obscured the brief daylight, the air was close, damp, and oppressive, everybody coughed and snuffled, and the air-tight rooms, so comfortable in cold weather, became insufferable. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland You will notice the two compartments can be separated by an air-tight plunger, fitting into the aperture between them. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner In all buildings the outside partition of any water closet or urinal apartment must be air-tight and extend to the ceiling or be independently ceiled over. Elements of Plumbing The boxes are made air-tight, and the gas enters the first box at one of the lower corners. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls “Is it your custom to lock people into air-tight chambers?” The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure No," said his father, "not so as to make the closet air-tight. Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] When the bottom of the hive is close to the floor, it forms a sealing around the edges, perfectly air-tight, and your bees are smothered. Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained The pneumatic system requires a pump, an air-tight tank, and pipes to the various outlets. Elements of Plumbing In the morning he would think up an absolutely air-tight reason for being expelled from Siwash as a disturber, an anarchist, a superfluosity and a malefactor of great stealth. At Good Old Siwash The lid, which closed with a spring catch, released by the pressure of a tiny button, was perfectly fitted so that the box was in all probability air-tight. The Green Rust "I only said that such houses were better than those which are all winter closed by double windows and burnt-out air-tight stoves." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Partly above, partly below the pile, was a steel lifeboat, decked over air-tight ends, now doubled to more than a right angle and resting on its side. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility The water pumped into the air-tight tank will occupy part of the space generally occupied by the air. Elements of Plumbing "Every line along this coast is essential in making that merger stock an air-tight proposition." Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The Grumman had been built to cruise in the high stratosphere, so it was as air-tight as a submarine. By Proxy If any water oozes out, the jar is not air-tight. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management Having been kept closed and, as near as we could tell, air-tight, it was still in its original appearance. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West Water can be pumped into this air-tight tank from a well, cistern, river, lake, or from the city supply mains. Elements of Plumbing Besides possessing the desirable qualities already described, they answer as nurseries for the rearing of the young, and as small air-tight vessels in which the honey is preserved from souring or candying. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual Through the bottoms of the chambers test-tubes pass air-tight; their open ends, for about one-fifth of the length of the tubes, being within the chambers. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Make it as air-tight as possible by pasting thick paper all over the inside. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management Somebody else collects the peaches, puts them into tins, solders air-tight lids on them, pastes labels round them. Gossamer 1915 I obtained a few gallons of methylated spirit, which I poured into the cavity, just covering the body, and then I put on the lid and luted it down air-tight with putty. The Eye of Osiris I paste paper over all my boxes, glasses, &c., so as to make them air-tight, and carefully store them away for future use. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual Through the cork which stops the flask F two glass tubes, a and b, pass air-tight. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 See that the jars are air-tight; partly fill the jar with water; place rubbers, covers, and rims; screw tightly, and invert. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management He's locked in air-tight with guards who can be trusted. Instinct Tom heard the sucking sound of the air-tight seals, then silence. Gold in the Sky There were air-tight bulkheads for safety, and a hydroponic garden to keep the air fresh, and all sorts of things to make life possible for men under if not on the Moon. Scrimshaw The top of each chamber is perforated by a circular hole two inches in diameter, closed air-tight by a sheet of India-rubber. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 When ready, the composition is drawn off from the bottom of the cooking kettles into pouring kettles which have air-tight hoods. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing Like one in a dream, she arose and replenished the fire in the little air-tight. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest It was deposited in a stone box, put together with cement, air-tight. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite We set to work to patch it up with snow, and made it perfectly air-tight in about two hours. Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions Molds must have air to grow, and therefore silage which is packed air-tight and fed out rapidly will not become moldy. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse There is an air-tight floor to the lifeboat, which is so placed that when the boat is fully manned and loaded with passengers it is a very little above the level of the sea. Saved by the Lifeboat He called one of the men from the cook-shack and bade him build a fire in the little air-tight. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest And ain’t I been a mother to you, giving up all my air-tight milk to feed you? The Fighting Shepherdess The odor when released from the air-tight box was so overpowering that he had to go over and throw open the window. The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine Hot fitting.—Few farriers have either the time or the skill necessary to adjust a cold shoe to the hoof so that it will fit, as we say, "air-tight." Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Our provisions consisted of three bottles of gin, a jug of water, and a basket of raw cassava, while a change of raiment and my accounts were packed in an air-tight keg. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The chinking had long since fallen from between the logs and the night wind whipped the smoke in stinging volleys from gaping holes in the rust-eaten jacket of the dilapidated air-tight. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest It is here that Dr. Parsons is diligently engaged, this cold March afternoon, to the music of his crackling air-tight stove. Saint Patrick 1887 The slightest whiff of ordinarily damp air will, however, enormously reduce the insulating power of the glass, so that unvarnished glass surfaces must be kept for apparatus which is practically air-tight. On Laboratory Arts Costal pleura smooth, shining; adhesions where there was motion; card-like and polished; no serum; lung apparently performing its functions well, except for a short distance above the air-tight cyst, where it was still hardened. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure Thus the report, while it was air-tight, perfectly logical, perfectly consistent, and apparently complete, did not please the Board at all. Masters of Space An air-tight stumpage contract—passed on by the best lawyer in this county—a clear title.” Joan of Arc of the North Woods L'Envoi Fate's relentless finger, Points to the Purser's doom: He gulped the seltzer quickly— Then bust with an air-tight boom! A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel This art has greatly improved since the introduction of the incandescent lamp; however, up to the present, platinum seems to remain the only substance capable of giving a certainly air-tight result. On Laboratory Arts This cow's hair did not look well, as did that of those in which the cyst was air-tight; but still she was beginning to eat well again, and appeared in a tolerable way for recovery. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure Curd sealed up in an air-tight vessel and kept at the proper temperature readily breaks down into a soft, rich, ripe cheese, but it has none of the flavor so much esteemed in good cheese. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside The boy noticed that, by dark, all these windows and doors were closed tightly, for the Barbadian negro sleeps in an air-tight room. Plotting in Pirate Seas When they had got about half-way through it was thought best to close the outer end of the heading with an air-tight door, and place another ten feet behind it, thus forming an airlock. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines As the result of several trials by myself and friends, I am afraid I must dissent from the claim of the author that such a cement will make a really air-tight joint between glass tubes. On Laboratory Arts It appeared as though a piece of lung had been detached by suppuration and enclosed in an air-tight cyst, by which decomposition was prevented. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure The floor referred to is air-tight, and is so placed that when fully manned and loaded with passengers it is a very little above the level of the sea. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Five-sixths of our own weight, and of the weight of the air-tight suits in which we were encased, had magically dropped from us. Edison's Conquest of Mars If these cannot be immersed, as in the case of the face, cover them with an air-tight covering, and apply iced or cold cloths above this. Papers on Health The box must be a sound wooden or metal box, and must be approximately air-tight. On Laboratory Arts When cut into, it did not present the red, mottled, organized appearance of those cases with air-tight cysts. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure If kept in a corked air-tight bottle, it will remain liquid and retain its light colour for some time. My First Voyage to Southern Seas It was one of the most laughable things imaginable to see Lord Kelvin, dressed in his air-tight suit, making tremendous jumps in empty space. Edison's Conquest of Mars I’ll render it air-tight with grease or wax, or something of that sort. Twice Lost The object in having the box nearly air-tight is to avoid air-currents, which would increase the rate of cooling. On Laboratory Arts Even when kept in air-tight glass or tin receptacles, as recommended, it generally becomes useless before the end of two years. Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses Any air-tight bag, filled with heated atmosphere, becomes a balloon. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Everything is securely packed in air-tight, zinc-lined cases, so that there was really no very serious cause for anxiety or fear, even of an explosion. The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection Every room was connected through a series of tubular tunnels, along which force-propelled cars or elevators slid smoothly—tubes whose walls fell together into air-tight seals at any point, in case of a rupture. Skylark Three The compensation balance, keyless, air-tight, seven-guinea grandee was the next to be put up, and the first bid for him was £1 10s. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch Some which were submitted in an air-tight bottle to the action of light gradually whitened next the glass. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Karl had gone in search of this substance, because he knew it would be required for paying the seams, and rendering them air-tight. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" One of the bedrooms was absolutely dark and air-tight. The Promised Land I took the tea out of the air-tight box and put it on the ground. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story When wood is placed in an air-tight retort and heated, a number of compounds are evolved, the most important of which are the three liquids, methyl alcohol, acetic acid, and acetone. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Smear the wax thoroughly over the whole joint, and make sure that the joint is completely air-tight. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition “It must be light, air-tight, and strong?” asked he, at length, as if there was something in his thoughts possessing these three requisites. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" My mother wiped away a few tears, and went to the baby, crying in the windowless, air-tight room. The Promised Land "For all we know, he's down in an air-tight cave city on some planet nobody ever heard of, sitting on a golden throne, surrounded by a harem." Space Viking It had two long, air-tight cylinders, of iron, I suppose, kept apart by a wide framework. A Jolly Fellowship Put the infected seeds in an air-tight box or bin, placing on the top of the pile a dish containing carbon disulphide, a tablespoonful to a bushel of seeds. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition After the fruit has been put into the can, it must be sealed so that it is perfectly air-tight. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools There was this last baby, my mother's sixth, born on Mrs. Hutch's premises—yes, in the windowless, air-tight bedroom. The Promised Land It did not inhabit an air-tight compartment of her brain where pictures grew. The Great Amulet A marine said the plugs of wood made them air-tight, so that they wouldn't sink if they fell overboard. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs So closely do these two halves fit when closed that this middle tube is perfectly air-tight. Chatterbox, 1905. It is wise to line the box with one thickness of heavy paper or with several thicknesses of newspaper, to make it as air-tight as possible. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools I've got him by the heels and—but never mind that, let's see if our plans are air-tight. Rimrock Jones In short, it is an air-tight concern throughout. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings In the sitting-room we had both a fireplace and an "air-tight" for the coldest weather. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's They were to be made broad, of shallow draught, with air-tight compartments. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 Thanksgiving morning Mr. Little made a fire in the best parlor air-tight stove, and just before they started for meeting Lucy and Ann Mary were in the room. Young Lucretia and Other Stories Having pulled up the bag and made a complete inclosure on all sides, I was shut in an air-tight chamber. The Literary World Seventh Reader A rational alteration would appear to be to place the cooler in an air-tight chamber supplied with purified and sterilized air. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" I wonder if any of my readers nowadays would be stirred by an appeal to strike for his furnace or his air-tight stove. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 One of the four air-tight barrels which supported it had caught in the mud and kept the buoyant, raft-like platform142 from being carried downstream in the rush of water. Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer Evidently they don't know that we are air-tight, and they don't use shot or shell. A Honeymoon in Space To keep a substance air-tight, it may be placed in a flask, the neck painted with a solution of india rubber in chloroform, and a plate of glass laid upon it. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. So-called waterproofing processes, making the shoe air-tight as well as waterproof, should be avoided. Vitality Supreme He had several large oval apartments, air-tight, with an inner wall made of porcelain, like that used for an ordinary vase or pitcher. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 In a plain, air-tight coffin, lay all that was left of the slave girl. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Five-sixths of our own weight, and of the weight of the air-tight suits in which we were incased, had magically dropped from us. Edison's Conquest of Mars Here were several compartments with doors which allowed of making them almost air-tight. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch Patent- leather shoes, however, have been made air-tight by a special process, and are very hot, uncomfortable and unsanitary. Vitality Supreme An air-tight stove, the solitary defence against cold and storm, stood in the corner, and before its rusty hearth a rickety chair and an overturned soap box were suggestively placed. Flood Tide In another day or two, Miss Sampson did pack her carpetbag, and go back to her air-tight stove and solitary cups of tea. Faith Gartney's Girlhood The atmosphere of the little asteroid was so rare that it practically amounted to nothing, and we could not possibly have survived if we had not continued to wear our air-tight suits. Edison's Conquest of Mars With sudden resolution, Rivière put away his microscope and placed his experimental slides in their air-tight incubating chamber. Swirling Waters The space which it incloses, known as the thoracic cavity, is a variable space and the walls surrounding this space are air-tight. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools It has laid upon it some thick brown Manila paper, the upper surface of which has been previously shellacked to make it entirely air-tight. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 When properly stored in air-tight receptacles, however, as is now done by some seed dealers, it will retain its germinative power for several years with only slight depreciation. Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods It was one of the most laughable things imaginable to see Lord Kelvin, dressed in his air-tight suit, making tremendous jumps into empty space. Edison's Conquest of Mars Why do people shut themselves up in the air-tight box of a possible three score years and ten, and call it life? August First The bomb is closed with a cap, by which the chamber may be made absolutely air-tight. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 It could go anywhere in spite of dust and detritus, and its metal body was air-tight and held air for breathing, even out on the moon's surface. Operation: Outer Space Now put on the lid of the box, and have it carefully soldered on, so as to make all perfectly air-tight. Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Then each one forms with a mucous secretion two thin transparent membranes, one across the opening of the shell and one a little farther within, thus making the interior of the shell perfectly air-tight. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Those who hold with the first are in the air-tight box of years and call it life. August First These samples are crushed by hand, reduced to about 2 lb. at the point where they are taken, and sent 270 to Washington, in proper air-tight containers, by mail or express, accompanied by appropriate descriptions. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 Numerous other sticks and boughs inclose the frame, and enough bark and earth are laid on to make the structure practically air-tight when the entrance is closed. Navaho Houses, pages 469-518 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898 This makes a pollen-tight house for the pistillate blossoms but not one so air-tight as to cause any damage to either the plant or blossoms. Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin The construction of an air-tight embankment or other device at the base of the hut walls to keep the floor warmer. South with Scott Canning fruit is simply sterilizing and sealing in air-tight jars. Public School Domestic Science The other end of the gallery is closed by means of brattice cloth and paper diaphragms, the entire gallery being made practically air-tight. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 The two were cramming the fuel into the little, air-tight stove, while Robert was greeting Ellen. The Portion of Labor Immediately after using a rubber, it should be kept in an air-tight tin canister, where it will always remain fresh and fit for use. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction Now and then a curl of pungent smoke floated from the door-cracks of the air-tight stove. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Have air-tight jars—test by filling with water and inverting. 3rd. Public School Domestic Science The latter is an air-tight cylindrical or oblong container placed below ground, in which raw sewage purifies itself by the inherent bacteria. If You're Going to Live in the Country It was midwinter, some months after she had gone to work in the shop, and she had a fire in her little, air-tight stove. The Portion of Labor That an open flame devours something from the air is easily demonstrated by enclosing it in an air-tight space. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization I put in bulkheads fore and aft, and pitched the canoe inside and out, making her heavier, but thoroughly water-tight—the end compartments being even air-tight. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles Milk absorbs odors very quickly, therefore should never be left in a refrigerator with stale cheese, ham, vegetables, etc., unless in an air-tight jar. Public School Domestic Science They are usually built entirely of wood, rough, irregularly hewn planks, and no attempt is made to make them air-tight; often great crevices gape, through which a hand can be put. The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro We made it as air-tight as possible, and built a wall of lumps of hard-baked mud to protect us from snipers, and slept quite reasonably warm. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years The light-source is enclosed in an air-tight bulb which makes for a safe, convenient lamp. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization It is a great globular bag, made of strips of silk sewn together, and varnished with a certain composition which renders the balloon air-tight. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy All the work of the fireplace and chimney must be made air-tight by filling the chinks with stones or chips and mud. How to Camp Out Then we could have that nice air-tight that we had in the other house put up. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel Chop fine a half-pound seeded raisins and one ounce of senna leaves together; mix with a half ounce powdered sulphur in air-tight jar. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada In certain chemical industries no lamps are used excepting the incandescent lamp and this is enclosed in an air-tight glass globe. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization After the coffee is roasted it should be kept in air-tight cans. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions For a moment he sank below the surface, but the two air-tight jars quickly rose and bore him up with them. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts The butter and lard should be put up in air-tight jars, and should be kept in a cool place, either on the ground in a shady spot, or in some cool spring. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making When taken from the fire add the spices, put in air-tight jars. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada It is absolutely necessary to store all papers for platinum printing in an air-tight tin containing chloride of calcium, which must be dried by heating from time to time. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 This forms an air-tight cover that prevents the grease from soaking through. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions This enlightenment gave the community a volcanic eruption; an epidemic of "cold feet" took possession of them, and they retired to warm these extremities at their respective air-tight heaters. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope For this reason we had distributed forward, aft, and amidships, eight five-gallon cans, soldered air-tight. The River and I The operation must necessarily be conducted within an air-tight chamber or in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, as otherwise the carbon will be consumed and act as fuel. Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 The aneroid barometer is an air-tight box whose top is made of a thin metallic disk which bends inward or outward according to the pressure of the atmosphere. General Science Pack in an air-tight tin box and the ginger will keep indefinitely. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions But, he said to himself, anything air-tight could be punctured. Poor Man's Rock To collect the perspiration, a little instrument, called "the scraper," is passed over the skin, and at each turn deposits the perspiration in an air-tight receptacle attached to the instrument. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah The India rubber, G, is folded back upon this tube so as to make an air-tight joint. Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 It consists of a piston or plunger which moves back and forth in an air-tight cylinder, and contains an outward opening valve through which water and air can pass. General Science These crisp slices will keep for a long time if placed in an air-tight box. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions It looked like an air-tight proposition, he admitted, at last. Poor Man's Rock In the head, or front portion, was an air-tight apartment, with a narrow entrance. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He places large air-tight tanks in a suitable part of the town, to which he leads pipes from all houses. Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 Workmen, tools, and supplies are lowered in baskets through a central tube BC provided with an air chamber L, having air-tight gates at A and A'. General Science If carefully baked and cooled, these rolls may be stored in an air-tight box and they will keep for several days. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions In view of our present enterprise, a part of the equipment of the boat had been made to consist of three air-tight bags, about three feet long, and capable each of containing five gallons. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself Abijah stepped on board his craft, entered the air-tight chamber, closed the cover, and was about to screw it down, when suddenly it flew open again, and his head emerged. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality A better arrangement is a third pipe enclosing the gas-pipe and enclosed in the ventilating-pipe, opening to the air, instead of the holes in the globe, which in this case should be air-tight. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Pale Northern girls! you scorn our race; You captives of your air-tight halls, Wear out in-doors your sickly days, But leave us the horizon walls. May-Day and Other Pieces On the inside of the strap is some flexible air-tight material partly fastened to the strap, and so arranged that it will entirely cover the lips of the wound. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 42, August 26, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The pontoons are required to be air-tight, and are temporarily made partially useless by punctures, bullet-holes, rents and chafings, although they are easily repaired. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 You certainly pitched some air-tight ball last time I saw you. Bunker Bean I think that if the Post Office Department would cut some of its red tape and permit the shipment of air-tight packages in air-tight conveyors this particular problem could be solved. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers These must be kept in glass bottles, with glass stoppers, fitted air-tight by grinding. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations The edges are covered with adhesive material, and are firmly pressed on either lip of the wound, drawing it together and covering it with air-tight material, so that no air can escape. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 42, August 26, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls It is then packed away in galvanised- iron air-tight cases, and is ready for the next operation. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise Squire Drawl knows how things should be done, though he is as air-tight as one of your beer barrels. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader Sometimes our ideas are locked away in air-tight compartments with no interaction between them. Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy A is a little reservoir made air-tight by grinding the part B into it. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations The result they pounded fine, and mixed with melted fat and the marrow, which, in turn, was compressed while warm into air-tight little bags. The Silent Places Various forms of presses are used, and gun-cotton is sent out either as solid blocks, compressed discs, or in the form of an almost dry powder, in zinc- lined, air-tight cases. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise The body must lie in an air-tight receptacle into which a secret gas is pumped. Life in a Thousand Worlds Make all air-tight with wet clay round the upper pot and board, covering the board, but exposing the bottom of the reversed pot. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries The Retort.—To get very good results, the retort should be of cast iron, and have a removable air-tight cover; but, to keep down expense, we will use an ordinary 2-pound self-opening coffee tin. Things To Make I swung the heavy doors shut, and their edges, covered with strips of rubber, sealed the car air-tight. The Road The dry cotton thus obtained, if not already fine enough, should be sifted through a brass sieve, and packed away ready for use in zinc air-tight cases, or in indiarubber bags. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise He sees that when the bird is poised in the air the wing is essentially air-tight and that when the bird elects to ascend or descend the feathers open a free passage for the air. The Reconstructed School But he knew that this was folly; it would not stand the enormous strain an instant, and the joints could not possibly be made air-tight. The Little City of Hope A Christmas Story The lower end of the hot-air chamber has then to be made air-tight. Things To Make The system of reticence and concealment, coupled with the indifference of this or that delegation to questions in which it happened to take no special interest, led to these unseemly air-tight compartments. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Their ideal winter sport so far is to calk up every chink in the bunk house, fill the air-tight stove full of pitch pine and set down with a good book by Elinor Glyn. Ma Pettengill He may think I underrate his scientific attainments, but it will do no harm to remind him that an air-tight house may be a very cold one. Homes and How to Make Them Make the edges of paste, to adhere closely to the sides of the jar, so as to make it air-tight. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 When the packing has settled into place, an occasional drop of oil in the cylinder and guide tube will assist to make the piston and slide air-tight. Things To Make Such a battery continues in action as long as the air contains moisture; the only means of stopping it is to shut it up in an air-tight case. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 The jack was floating gayly away over the ripples; its light, being in an air-tight case, was unquenched. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Green turtle can now be purchased preserved in air-tight cans. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Three or four days later, if perfectly air-tight, label and store in a dark place. Every Step in Canning The quinine that I provided myself with at Constantinople is brought into requisition for the first time; it is found to be ruined from not being kept in an air-tight vessel. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama What would be the good of it if it wasn't air-tight? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 A balloon is a hollow globe, made of silk, rendered air-tight by a coating of gum and resin, and enclosed within a strong network. Thrilling Stories Of The Ocean From Authentic Accounts Of Modern Voyagers And Travellers; Designed For The Entertainment And Instruction Of Young People Seal it up in bottles, air-tight, and lay them on their sides in the cellar; cover them with sawdust. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home If you observe all these things it is unnecessary to have air-tight containers. Every Step in Canning "It is quite air-tight, I think," he said with some satisfaction, as he smoothed his hair with his hand. A Tale of a Lonely Parish This ridge on the outside is an air-tight chamber for giving buoyancy. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 For preserving fruit, use about � of a pound of sugar to 1 pound of fruit and seal in air-tight glass jars. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Put them into a preserving pan and stir gently, not to break up the fruit; simmer for one-half hour and put into pots air-tight. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home If for any reason the second seaming roll is brought into contact with the can before the first operation is complete it may injure the can seriously, thus preventing an air-tight seam. Every Step in Canning The respiratory calorimeter is an air-tight compartment in which men are confined for a week or more at a time while studies are being made concerning heat and energy yielded by food products. The Dollar Hen Pale Northern girls! you scorn our race; You captives of your air-tight halls, Wear out indoors your sickly days, But leave us the horizon walls. Poems Household Edition |
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