| 单词 | inflammability |
| 例句 | Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z It is difficult to imagine that any substance introduced into the organ of digestion should retain its former principles of inflammability. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The experiment was tried: a gas was produced which had no action on limewater and which was very inflammable; what could this be but phlogiston, already recognized by this very property of extreme inflammability? Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z Lastly, Graham also made interesting observations on the combination of alcohol with salts, on the process of etherification, on the slow oxidation of phosphorus, and on the spontaneous inflammability of phosphureted hydrogen. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z The inflammability, however, varies with the density,—the so-called hard woods, oak, beech and maple, taking fire less readily than the softer, and, more especially, the coniferous varieties rich in resin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z There is a great difference in the inflammability of bark, some, like that of the big trees of California, Fig. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z Indeed, it is always true in fires at powder-mills that the workmen themselves are a serious menace to the buildings by reason of their own inflammability. Careers of Danger and Daring The famous German chemist Becher was, I believe, the first who rejected the notion of sulphur being the principle of inflammability in bodies.... Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z Besides this, petroleum is highly dangerous on account of its inflammability. Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades He was, frankly, worried about Andr�s; not fundamentally—Andr�s’ loyalty was beyond any personal betrayal—but because he was aware of the essential inflammability of all tropical emotion. The Bright Shawl The concurrence of high refracting power with inflammability was an empirical law; and Newton, perceiving the law, extended it to the adjacent case of the diamond. Logic, Inductive and Deductive The inflammability of coal dust varies with different coals, but none can be said to be entirely free from risk. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" At all events it was to be feared that the inflammability of the Americans' feelings would once again be under-estimated in Germany, as it had been already. My Three Years in America Or rather, it may be the same thing with inflammable air, that has lost its inflammability by long standing in water. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air In the ventricles of the brain was found a considerable quantity of limpid fluid, distinctly impregnated with gin, both to the sense of smell and taste, and even to the test of inflammability. Select Temperance Tracts We find that it differs in respect to its purity, and also in respect to its inflammability. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Even my brief tour of the island had shown me, that there were materials of wilder inflammability in the bosom of the south than in the north. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 It is also used in fireworks on account of its inflammability. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges But this by no means follows; since its inflammability may depend upon some particular mode of combination, or degree of affinity, with which we are not acquainted. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air It has fair insulating properties, and may be obtained in a variety of forms, but has now been generally abandoned for electrical work on account of its inflammability. On Laboratory Arts There is too much warmth, enthusiasm, versatility and inflammability about this combination. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony It also collects in mines, and, when mixed with air, is called fire damp by the miners because of its great inflammability, damp being an old name for a gas. An Elementary Study of Chemistry From what we have seen of Goethe's inflammability, we are prepared for the naïve remark in which he records his new sensation. The Youth of Goethe I think that, in all, I have had four instances of inflammable air losing its inflammability, while it stood in water. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air It then takes up practical considerations as to the danger of explosions, including the relative inflammability of old and fresh coal dust. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 In burning wood man noticed that a resinous or fatty material increased the inflammability and added greatly to the amount of light emitted. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization This inflammability of his imagination did not alarm him. Atlantis It is possible to increase the inflammability of alcohol by mixing with it some hydrocarbon such as gasoline, benzene or acetylene. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries I have indisputable evidence, however, that inflammable air, standing long in water, has actually lost all its inflammability, and even come to extinguish flame much more than that air in which candles have burned out. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air With a view to obtaining a dust of uniform purity and inflammability. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 Apparently unknown to Murdock, previous observations had been made as to the inflammability of gas from coal. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization At midnight this apparent inflammability was even more striking. American Merchant Ships and Sailors The properties of fire are irresistible energy, inflammability, heat, capacity to soften, light, sorrow, disease, speed, fury, and invariably upward motion. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Another quantity of inflammable air was also reduced in the same proportion, by a mouse putrefying in it; but its inflammability was not seemingly lessened. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air It is advisable to use the cellulose nitrated only just enough to render it suitable, in order to reduce the inflammability of the finished product. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise In his process he permitted the gas to ascend through curved tubes, and he particularly noted "its great inflammability as well as elasticity." Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization This is noticed by Mr Jones, who gives it as his opinion that the lauris, here spoken of, is the bay-tree, which, according to the poet Lucretius, is remarkable for its inflammability. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 Layson, less conscious of their peril because less well informed as to the almost explosive inflammability of dry pine-tops, took the matter less seriously. In Old Kentucky Whence this inflammability proceeds, I am not able to determine, the lime or chalk not being supposed to contain any other than fixed air. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air This paper, as it contains some striking facts relating to the inflammability and other properties of coal-gas, is deserving of particular attention. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 Watkins in speaking of the inflammability of the human body remarks that on one occasion he tried to consume the body of a pirate given to him by a U. S. Marshal. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Once, in the startling inflammability of his blood, his veins ran hot, and he smiled. The Trespasser Where oil is heated it is more or less inflammable, and, in fact, inflammability is only a question of temperature of the oil, after all. Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 No doubt the spontaneous inflammability was due to the exceptional richness of these lumps in phosphorus. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power He dwells upon the elasticity and inflammability of coal-gas; and remarked, that it retains these properties after passing through a great quantity of water. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 It is well known that flame travels through any inflammable gas at a certain definite rate of speed, depending on the degree of inflammability of the gas. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon But before he could accomplish his purpose and set fire to the pile of odds and ends saturated to double inflammability by the kerosene the Norwegian had carried, there came a startling interruption. The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly This turning of the powder was to preserve its inflammability. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War The objection of inflammability of the lifting power has also been overcome. The Secrets of the German War Office By preserving the gas in bladders, he frequently diverted his friends, by exhibiting its inflammability. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 An abandoned woman; perhaps originally only a passionate or irascible woman, compared to brimstone for its inflammability. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Unquestionably there was no danger of a serious conflagration in any part of Manton's plant, despite the high inflammability of the film itself, of the flimsy stage sets, of practically everything used in picture manufacture. The Film Mystery Our representative of temperate notions demurely consented that the Arab's pride of inflammability should insist on the prudery of the veil as the civilizing medium of his race. Complete Short Works of George Meredith Our representative of temperate notions demurely consented that the Arab’s pride of inflammability should insist on the prudery of the veil as the civilizing medium of his race. An Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit The man who first applied the inflammability of gas to the purposes of illumination, was Mr. Murdoch. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 Stahl, the author of this theory, asserted that there is a principle of inflammability, to which he gave the name phlogiston, having the quality of uniting with substances. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science They have to be ventilated specially, on account of the high inflammability of the celluloid composition. 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