| 单词 | inflammable |
| 例句 | "And if you were not my son, O most inflammable Rabadash," replied his father, "your life would be short and your death slow when you had said it." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Adams let out the word that Jefferson was clearly the voters’ choice and the superior man, that Burr was “like a balloon, filled with inflammable air.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He sprinkled the pages with cider to make them more inflammable, touched a match to them, and a little jet of flame curled upward. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The aeronaut checked his instruments from time to time, chewed on the cigar he would never light with the inflammable hydrogen so close, and huddled deeper into his own furs. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Leo could make a lot of things, but an inflammable, self-cleaning outfit wasn’t one of them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He attacked his new job with characteristic gusto—what George Pocock later called “inflammable enthusiasm.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Besides, the cables, the pylons, the transformers were too close: to be swept in among them, with a zeppelin full of inflammable gas, would be instantly fatal. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But that evening, when my fountain pen still hadn’t turned up, we all assumed it had been burned, especially because celluloid is highly inflammable. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Because they were printed on unstable and highly inflammable nitrate film stock, "there are very strict conditions when sending it by air," he added. 75 long-lost silent movies being returned to US 2010-06-08T06:51:00Z “All four were driven, visionary men, all were caught up in the issues of slavery and race, and all devised their own solutions to those inflammable problems,” he wrote. Award-winning Civil War historian Stephen Oates dies at 85 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Because they were printed on unstable and highly inflammable nitrate film stock, "there are very strict conditions when sending it by air," he told the Dominion Post newspaper. 75 long-lost silent movies being returned to US 2010-06-08T04:46:00Z Getting the films, which were printed on the unstable, highly inflammable nitrate stock used until the early 1950s, to the United States hasn’t been easy. Trove of Long-Lost Silent Films Returns to America 2010-06-06T21:41:00Z In addition, they contain no easily inflammable liquids. A step on the way to solid-state batteries 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z In the case of inflammable and toxic chemicals, the river is often the only viable option for transport. German industry changes tack as river Rhine runs drier 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The president's remarks are meant to calm a potentially inflammable atmosphere in Nanterre, near the La Défense business district, and other Paris suburbs, where the killing of Nahel has triggered strong emotions. Paris: Macron calls police killing of teen 'unforgivable' 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z By late summer, his designs for a new, inflammable King County Courthouse were adopted, and construction soon commenced atop First Hill. A fireproof ‘Cruel Castle’ rose on First Hill after Seattle's big blaze 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The mighty sequoia, protected by thick bark and with its foliage typically high above the flames, was once considered nearly inflammable. US takes emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Climate change, they say, is making vegetation more inflammable and soil dryer, which makes fires more likely, and often, when they occur, larger and more severe. Heatwave: Are wildfires happening more often? 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z High levels of methane gas and coal dust, both highly inflammable, make mines hazardous. Siberian mine explosion kills more than 50, another tragedy in an industry plagued with safety lapses 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “This is not normal, of course. This is a very volatile, very inflammable situation,” said Artyom Shraibman, founder of Sense Analytics and a Belarus analyst with the Carnegie Moscow Center think tank. Belarus’s Lukashenko tried to use migrants as a weapon. That’s now turned against him. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Four of the factory owner’s sons and three company officials were also arrested over the fire at the factory, where chemicals and inflammable materials were stored. Bangladesh factory owner arrested over fire that killed 52 workers 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z The group is accused of using an inflammable liquid to set fire to a police van while an officer was inside it. Spain: 8 jailed for burning police van amid rapper protests 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Already, they seemed dangerous, “a caldron of inflammable material,” ready for “revolution,” as one observer noted. Opinion | The Capitol Takeover That Wasn’t 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z “We noticed, in two or three locations where the fire started, troubling elements that could corroborate a criminal act,” he added, noting that an “inflammable product” had been found in the building. Volunteer Confesses to Starting Fire at Nantes Cathedral 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z “From the Indian perspective, China’s aggression is seen as supportive of Pakistan’s efforts to contest the borders with India in this highly inflammable region,” Ms. Salikuddin said in comments circulated last week. India, China border flare-up sparks fears of wider clash 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z “From the Indian perspective, China’s aggression is seen as supportive of Pakistan’s efforts to contest the borders with India in this highly inflammable region,” Ms. Salikuddin said in comments circulated this week. U.S. seeks role as China, India face off at border 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z They have included people who’ve been deemed by mobs to be unsympathetic to the anti-government movement, including a man who was doused with inflammable liquid and set on fire last month. Pro-government protesters denounce Hong Kong ‘rioters’ 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z The workers are forced to rent unused farmland and build highly inflammable makeshift shacks called barangas. Migrant strawberry pickers face deadly risks living in flammable shacks 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z At the heart of the climate change issue is the fact that those of us in the developed world are burning huge amounts of inflammable materials to power our homes, vehicles, factories and much else. "Our house is on fire!" Why Greta Thunberg infuriates conservatives 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z “According to initial information, a man born in 1964 poured an inflammable liquid on his body and set himself on fire,” Prague police said on their Twitter feed. Man sets himself on fire in Prague as Czechs mark 1968 protest 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z In Guatemala’s border with Mexico, local authorities declared an “orange alert” in Tecún Umán, banning the sale of gasoline and other “inflammable products” to Honduran migrants. Mexico Beefs Up Its Southern Border to Face Raft of Migrants 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Attempts to install inflammable barriers at vertical and horizontal intervals were ineffective in practice. Why Grenfell Tower Burned: Regulators Put Cost Before Safety 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z The danger of the inflammable construction material is heightened with cooking done inside in crude partitioned kitchens, with propane gas cylinders, and lighting provided by candles. Migrant strawberry pickers face deadly risks living in flammable shacks 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The prefix “in-” might suggest that something inflammable won’t catch fire, that it is comparable to the absolutes “incapable” and “invulnerable”. The 35 words you’re (probably) getting wrong 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Egypt, which signed a peace deal with Israel in 1979 and cooperates closely with it on security, also has reservations about any move, calling it a "very inflammable issue". Notes of caution surround U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Once the deliveries began, about the only restrictions were no poisons, inflammable materials, pistols, live or dead animals, intoxicants or any articles “with a bad odor.” When the U.S. Postal Service Also Delivered Babies 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, this preparation uses inflammable and toxic solvents. No tangled web 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Police say an “inflammable liquid was poured in through a window” of the house early Thursday and are calling the blaze arson. The Latest: 2 more migrants dead on Greek island of Lesbos 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z They should also "firmly implement special regulatory measures for highly toxic chemicals such as cyanide, as well as inflammable and explosive materials". China blasts: National crackdown on chemicals ordered - BBC News 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Correll contended that the agonizingly long drought in the state contributed to the abundance of inflammable dry fuels, an important factor that propelled the wildfire. California Motorists Get Scary Lesson about Dangers of Wildfires 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z A fire inspector concluded that the set material was highly inflammable, so the Met had to station a fire truck in the loading dock, at a cost of twenty-five hundred dollars per performance. A Fight at the Opera 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z They should be aware that the situation remains volatile and inflammable and start serious work on contingency planning to avoid an economic and human disaster. Europe Should Keep Ukraine Sanctions On Russia, Help Stricken Sectors And Plan For Worst Scenario 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z He added that the instructions for the foam said it was inflammable but not explosive. Inflammable foam 'used before blast' 2013-12-10T14:57:48Z Most victims were burned with the aid of kerosene or a white inflammable powder. India Ink: Thomas Bernhard in New Delhi 2013-07-22T13:05:57Z “Glue the shrapnel to the inside of the pressurized cooker then fill in the cooker with the inflammable material,” the article instructs. Pressure-Cooker Bomb Is Qaeda Speciality 2013-04-16T18:53:00Z The Interior Ministry said a security official was killed in a "terrorist attack" using what it said was an inflammable projectile, according to a statement on its Twitter account. Teen killed in protests on Bahrain revolt anniversary 2013-02-15T07:40:13Z He dared to call it “the opposite of a controversy,” which is like saying inflammable is the opposite of flammable. 49ers Take Odd Spin on Quarterback Controversy 2012-11-24T17:58:44Z Mr Rourke told Nottingham Coroner's Court the foam, which was being used by his father, was labelled inflammable but not explosive. Inflammable foam 'used before blast' 2013-12-10T14:57:48Z "It will be investigated if inflammable substances were in the compartment or it was caused by a short circuit." India train blaze probe ordered 2012-07-30T16:04:50Z “Glue the shrapnel to the inside of the pressurized cooker then fill in the cooker with the inflammable material,” the article instructs. Pressure-Cooker Bomb Is Qaeda Speciality 2013-04-16T18:53:00Z "The van contained three inflammable gas canisters and five cans of gasoline," a police source said. Gunmen set fire to Microsoft's Greek headquarters 2012-06-27T06:27:09Z The reason lies perhaps in the less inflammable temperament of the North, but still more in the different standards of the time. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z She has one of the most inflammable natures. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z I have also kinds of cannon most commodious and easy to carry, with which to throw inflammable matters, whose smoke causes great fright to the enemy, with serious injury and confusion. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Then a good coat of black paint or pitch; her furnaces were filled with pitch and other inflammable materials, and she was ready. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Asbestos curtain totally destroyed; wholly inadequate, considering the highly inflammable nature of all stage fittings, and owing to the fact that the same was hung on wooden bottoms. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z He had carefully gathered up everything of an inflammable character, and had swept the yard clean, so that nothing could ignite and spread around the fire, that but too readily devoured everything in its way. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It was a highly inflammable substance and when once ignited could be extinguished only by the use of vinegar or sand. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z There was so much wood and so much plush and inflammable trimming about everything. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z After this application of the more inflammable substance, the matches are separated, and dried in racks. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z As soon as he had collected a small quantity of the spirit he tested it, and found that it had all the volatile and inflammable qualities of petrol. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z The case of a Bohemian peasant is narrated, who lost his life in consequence of ignited inflammable air issuing from his mouth which could not be extinguished. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z It was only after a hard fight on the part of employes of the theater and the fact that there was little inflammable material near the fire that the flames were subdued. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z The inflammable contents of the barrels would come in useful—for making fireballs, if for no other purpose. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Then they asked if I had any inflammable stuff stored in the attic. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z It has also been affirmed by various medical observers, that the human body will occasionally secrete an inflammable matter emitted by perspiration. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The arc created would have produced intense heat and readily ignited the inflammable curtain. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z The eccentric conduct of the versatile and too inflammable abb� completely mystified her. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; Ð called also Cadel's fuming liquid. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Your behaviour to Terence is not quite seemly, for you forget that he is grown up, and that you should not trifle with an inflammable youth.' My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z According to Le Cat animals contain inflammable substances which ignite of themselves. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The 'autumn scene,' with its highly inflammable paint, came down, and it was like pouring fire into the people's faces. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z She did not consider her own beauty and the inflammable nature of the Hibernian heart--that is, when it is not fully engrossed already by national grievances. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z And my lord, so inflammable, so given to indulgence, who knew so little of the curb! The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The Christians fed the flames with pitch, oil, and other inflammable substances, and the wall next the pile, cracked by the heat, fell down, leaving a considerable breach. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z The wind hurled the burning flakes on ahead, dropping many upon the inflammable roofs, and in twenty minutes the whole quarter west of Royal Street was in flames. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z To that wind and the presence of hundreds of old fashioned highly inflammable structures nestling among the sky scrapers may be attributed the indescribably rapid spread of the flames. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z Sulphur is one of the most inflammable substances known, and will melt in fire but not in water. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Witch′-knot, a knot, esp. in the hair, tied by means of witchcraft; Witch′-meal, the inflammable pollen of the club-moss.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The Pyramid is built above a spring of inflammable gas. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Match, mach, n. a piece of inflammable material which easily takes or carries fire: a prepared rope for firing a gun, &c.: a lucifer.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z “It started in that shed where, so far as we know, there was nothing inflammable.” A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z Let the gods of Olympus their revels prepare— By the aid of some pounds of inflammable air We'll visit them soon—and forsake this dull ball With coat, shoes and stockings, fat carcase and all! The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Torch, torch, n. a light formed of twisted tow dipped in pitch or other inflammable material: a large candle or flambeau.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z In this way he obtains a very inflammable and very porous charcoal, which can absorb more than five, and approaching six times its weight of nitroglycerin without any risk of the separation of the oil. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z "It is as inflammable as gunpowder," remarked the old chief in an anxious tone, when our people had with great want of foresight lighted the fire too near the buildings. 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 A French chemist discovered that fats, such as oil, were composed of three inflammable acids—two of which, called stearic and margaric, are solid; and one called oleic, fluid. 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 A man sprayed the woman with an inflammable liquid on Saturday afternoon when her elevator stopped on the fifth floor of a Brooklyn apartment building, a spokesman for the New York Police Department said. Woman set ablaze in Brooklyn elevator, man questioned 2011-12-18T15:08:55Z For a first love which has not burnt itself out, but has been extinguished at its height, leaves an inflammable substance very ready to ignite again on the earliest reasonable provocation. A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 2011-12-15T03:00:17.253Z 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 To make starting positive and easier some gasoline is injected in with the air so an inflammable mixture is present in the cylinders instead of air only. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z Great volumes of inflammable gases were ejected from deep cracks in the neighbouring hills, which presently took fire, and soared in flames of incredible height, setting fire to the forests. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z It was now picked up on the corn husk and placed in dry horse dung, a bunch of dry grass, or some such inflammable material, and blown into flame. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z True, it also may give off an inflammable vapour, but if a quantity of it catch fire it can be extinguished in the usual way by a fire-engine. 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 Priestley's experiments on "inflammable air"—or hydrogen—are important and interesting. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z The process of carburetion is combining the volatile vapors which evaporate from the hydrocarbon liquids with certain proportions of air to form an inflammable gas. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z Seeing it is known to us that cement is very necessary in the examen of perfection, we say it is compounded of inflammable things. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Imprimis, I have not set the Thames ablaze, and, honestly, I must admit that it was not for the lack of inflammable properties in the liquid. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z The danger is that it gives off an inflammable vapour and that if it once begin to burn there is practically no possibility of putting it out. 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 Priestley drew attention to many actions in which this inflammable air is produced, chiefly to those which take place between acids and metals. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z The reader should understand from preceding chapters that the power of an internal-combustion motor is obtained by the rapid combustion and consequent expansion of some inflammable gas. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z I rebuilt all the huts of green grass, as less inflammable than dry materials. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z Half an hour later another boat shared the fate of the first, while, in addition, the crew collected various inflammable gear and passed it below, where sweating firemen threw the impromptu fuel into the furnaces. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Then an immediate chemical reaction ensues, the water is dissociated, intense heat results, part of the water combines with the metal, part is vaporized as steam, while part escapes as an inflammable gas. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z He showed that inflammable air is not decomposed by electric sparks; but he thought that it was decomposed by long-continued heating in closed tubes made of lead-glass. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z And what does evaporate makes an inflammable gas in the forward cockpit. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z He was receptive rather than original, inflammable rather than fiery, brilliant rather than warm. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z And not only was it calm: it was a placid lake of fire, as the floating, highly inflammable coating of petroleum burnt furiously in half a dozen detached areas. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z But among the Greeks, Plutarch, in his life of Numa, observes, it was to be rekindled by exposing some inflammable matter in the centre of a concave vessel held to the sun. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z We have seen that the upholders of phlogiston believed that in the inflammable air of Cavendish they had at last succeeded in obtaining the long-sought-for phlogiston. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z The inflammable material of religious bigotry, together with these circumstances, provoked another intestine war. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z The use of the word as = 'inflammable, combustible,' is obsolete, except in this phrase. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z It is highly inflammable, and burns without smoke, or leaving any residuum; and in the act of burning its phlogiston so unites with dephlogisticated air as to make fixed air. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Young Pompey was opposed to old Carbo, and the former so harassed the latter, that his temper, always sour, became equal to carbonic acid in its inflammable tendency. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z It was obviously of the utmost importance that Lavoisier should learn more about this inflammable air, and especially that he should know exactly what happened when this air was burned. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z Then a torch was flung upon the heap of inflammable material, and the next instant it burst into flames. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z All the actresses of his campaigns in Flanders succeeded one another in that inflammable heart and disputed there an ephemeral reign: Mlles. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z Oil is a liquid inflammable substance, of great tenacity, disposed to pour in a stream rather than in drops. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Youth and the mob are two inflammable elements. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z But at this time the news was brought to Paris that Cavendish had obtained water by burning mixtures of inflammable and dephlogisticated airs. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z And Christina stretched out her arms to the men of the Camorra as to the brothers of her soul and for the moment they were all more than her brothers in their inflammable hearts. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z This, they say, will prevent the accumulation of inflammable material such as caused the terrible losses of August, 1910. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z Crude iron contains much plumbago, and the access of pure air probably assists in discharging it, by converting it into air, chiefly inflammable. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The Custom House opposite quickly ignited, and the inflammable nature of its contents caused the fire to assume enormous proportions. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z As the result of these experiments they determined that one volume of dephlogisticated air combines with 1.91 volumes of inflammable air to form water. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z When Rose sailed another drive well right of the fairway, this one resulting in an unplayable lie on the 15th hole, NBC's Johnny Miller did not invoke the inflammable word "choke." Monday Qualifier: Beacon Of Hope 2011-09-19T04:00:00Z Development of Opinion regarding Igneous Rocks.—So long as the idea prevailed that volcanoes are caused by the combustion of inflammable substances underground, there could be no rational conception of volcanic action and its products. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Zinc dissolved in diluted vitriolic acid, yields much inflammable air, and has a residuum, which appears to be plumbago, and the liquor forms crystals, called white copperas. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z It was feared all the bodies in this part of the ruins had been similarly or more thoroughly consumed, owing to the intense heat from the inflammable stage fixtures. Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 2011-09-13T02:00:36.647Z Priestley regarded inflammable air as an air containing much phlogiston. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z It easily volatilizes; is inflammable, and is soluble in water, alcohol, ether and some fixed oils. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z The sacred fire is simply a jet of inflammable gas escaping from the rocks, which, once lit, burns perpetually, as the supply is inexhaustible. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z If precipitate per se be revived in inflammable air, the air will be imbibed, so that running mercury may contain more or less phlogiston. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z And if the Northland caught fire some day—well, I was as inflammable as the next man, who will not suffer violation of house or land or honour. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z When inflammable air burns in a closed vessel containing common air, the latter after a time loses its property of supporting combustion. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z The basis of the Greek fire was naphtha, a clear, thin mineral fluid, which is very inflammable, and burns with much smoke. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z Then the wily Indians loaded a cart with inflammable material and thrust it down the hill to the tavern. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z In answer to this it is said, that the pure air expelled from the calx uniting with the inflammable air in the vessel, recomposes the water found after this process. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z His pale blue eyes would turn upon me with that searching openness which may mean childish innocence or madness, and I could not forget the whispers I had heard of his dangerously inflammable nature. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Priestley and Cavendish had thus distinctly established the existence of three kinds of air, viz. dephlogisticated air, phlogisticated air, and inflammable air. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z "They must be inflammable stuff like bolting-cloth, muslin or gauze," Gildas thought to himself, "and yet they are heavy as lead—another puzzling thing!" The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z Dunbar adored her, at first sight; he is an inflammable fellow, and has been ignited a thousand times at far less provocation. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z They find, indeed, that by the slow burning of inflammable air in pure air, they get pure water. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Dowson for the production of inflammable gas from anthracite and coke by the action of air mixed with steam, soon led to the development of larger and larger Otto cycle engines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Now they triumphantly asked, Why, when metals dissolve in diluted vitriolic or muriatic acid with evolution of inflammable air, are calces of these metals produced? Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z Still another balloon described by Franklin in the same letter was one which was to be first filled with "permanently elastic inflammable air," and then closed. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Air Gas.—By forcing air over or through volatile inflammable liquids a gaseous mixture can be obtained which burns with a bright flame and which can be used for illumination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z It is produced by friction or compression, as by the striking of flint against steel, and the hammering of iron, by the reflection or refraction of light, and by the combustion of inflammable substances. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z A gas engine is a heat engine in which the working fluid is atmospheric air and the fuel an inflammable gas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Some gasoline or other inflammable substance, however, seemed to burn all the more fiercely for this deluge, and the man had to shrink farther and farther away as the flames encroached upon him. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z It was carrying 58 tons of electronic and machine parts, including batteries, paint and other chemicals considered inflammable, the ministry said. 2 Die as Asiana Cargo Plane Crashes Off South Korea 2011-07-28T07:11:44Z When previously torrefied or scorched by heating to a temperature of about 200�, at which incipient charring is set up, it is exceedingly inflammable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z But this effect is produced the most quickly by a mixture of nitrous air, or firing inflammable air in it, being almost instantaneous. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z At this period the poorer quarters of the city—a network of narrow streets with high houses built of inflammable materials—had been again and again devastated by fire. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z It is an inflammable imagination which makes the nation so easily led away by the promises and the phantasmagoria of glory with which unscrupulous statesmen have enticed it to the brink of ruin. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The silk referred to is made from a solution of that inflammable material of tremendous force known as gun-cotton, or pyroxylin. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z We had secured no inflammable materials for more readily firing the bridges, and the road was not yet clear before us. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z Pure inflammable air seems to consist of phlogiston and water, and the lambent kinds to be the same thing, with the addition of some oily vapour diffused through it. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z On another occasion Pilate was made sensible of the inflammable character of the people with whom he had to deal. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z “Why, you and I ought to be very happy and contented to feel that we are not of an inflammable nature and are heart-whole.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Mr. Waring brought back the same benevolent, careless, mirthful, yet occasionally arrogant temper, that had always distinguished him; and Valentine, the same affectionate, aspiring, quick, inflammable nature, that made his conduct so uncertain. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z If he attempted to attack, some of the inflammable stuff would at once be ignited, and the lion, no matter how enraged, would always turn tail and retreat from the blaze. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z And as nitrous acid is likewise formed by the union of inflammable and dephlogisticated air, one principal ingredient in nitrous air must be common to it and inflammable air, or phlogiston. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The Confederates piled every kind of inflammable material upon huge rafts, set them on fire, and sent them floating down the river. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z Hers had always been an inflammable temper, but never before had she felt the profound anger that held her now. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z The whole structure was built of resinous pine, than which there is nothing more inflammable. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Then all would turn out, each being armed with a firebrand and carrying a bundle of dry, inflammable grass and twigs. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z It is also obtained by the burning, or the putrefaction, of both animal and vegetable substances, but with a mixture of both phlogisticated and inflammable air. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Of this there are several kinds, the first of which is fire, a subtle inflammable essence, which is kindled by the great pressure and rapid motion of the ether. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z "Dobbin: have you been deceiving me, aren't you the least bit inflammable, after all?" Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z This blasting of a friable and inflammable substance fills the cellared air with minute particles of highly explosive dust. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z Stella transcended all he had dreamt of her; and the first glance from her clear brown eyes had been to his heart like a match set to an inflammable pile. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z On the same principle fixed air is produced when iron, and other inflammable substances, are burned in dephlogisticated air, and also when minium, and other substances containing dephlogisticated air, are heated in inflammable air. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Looks as though somebody had been mighty careless with some inflammable substance. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z All the dead leaves and inflammable stuff had been raked away and the ground dug up immediately about the fire to prevent it from spreading. The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z Not so many generations ago 'natural philosophers' thought that inflammable gases, exhaled from the earth, took fire spontaneously in the air, and that this was lightning. The Mentor: The Weather Serial Number 110; 1 July, 1916 2011-06-09T02:00:19.213Z She had managed to plant a seed of discord in Lucy’s inflammable brain. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z After agitation in water it loses this property, and the residuum is merely inflammable air, with no great diminution of its bulk. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z When he deemed it time to begin his preparations for escape, Jack gathered the most inflammable parts of the litter on the floor. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z At that time we used an inflammable liquid for illuminating the tent, and this ignited and added the horror of fire to the scene. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z Our readers may judge for themselves whether a pamphlet in which such passages as the following could occur must not have had an historic effect upon the inflammable sentiment of the French people. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z A fretting population always contains inflammable materials, and it is far less difficult to kindle than to extinguish its fury. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z This kind of air, therefore, probably consists of phosphorus dissolved in inflammable air; though it cannot be made by melting it in inflammable air. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The point I wish to illustrate is, that it is not safe, at any time, to play with such an inflammable passion as Love, even though it be to oblige one's nearest and dearest friend. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z Upon the embers of provincialism he heaped the inflammable brush-wood of excited rhetoric. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z Being myself of a somewhat inflammable nature, I make it a rule to travel on these in preference to the old-fashioned tinder boxes of ten years ago whenever I can. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z Then the rain came, in torrents; and it was well that it came, for the danger to the inflammable pine-plantations, from the conflagration in Elbow Crook, had become alarming. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z It dissolves many substances containing phlogiston, as iron, dry flesh, &c. and thereby forms a little inflammable air. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z It has the odour and many of the characteristic reactions of ammonia, but unlike ammonia it is inflammable and liquid at ordinary temperature. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The whole plant is covered with oily glands, and the secreted oil is so volatile that in hot weather the air round the plant becomes inflammable. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z One of the lorries involved there was carrying inflammable material and sparked several fires. Pile-up in freak German sandstorm 2011-04-09T08:07:22Z For a moment he watched the flicker of the flames as they licked round the dead, inflammable bark, and in desperation Audie broke the awful silence. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Such is the case of a mixture of inflammable and dephlogisticated air, and even of inflammable and fixed air. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Of inflammable bodies, sulphur and phosphorus are frequently contained in the ores of iron; and when pit coal is used in the manufacture, the former substance is present, and may influence the product. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z Then a handful of inflammable wild-wood material was touched to the spark and as the smoke curled upward filling the immediate vicinity with an aromatic pine odour, a tiny flame shot out. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z But they seemed to think the 'Manifesto' was still more what they called 'inflammable material at this juncture.' The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z "You're right there, Fritz," Georges agreed, "and yet there's no more inflammable, and momentarily unjust man in the world, than he." 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z The nitrous acid is formed by the union of the purest inflammable air, or the purest nitrous air, with dephlogisticated air. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Every post of honor lifts the heart of a man who is placed on it above the vapor of life, the hail-clouds of calamity, the frosty mists of discontent, and the inflammable air of wrath. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z The combustible gas has to make its own inflammable mixture with the circumambient oxygen, and we may suppose the column of gas to be burned through as it ascends. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z This stolid, phlegmatic, self-contained individualist has no inflammable material in his heart. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Even with commercial pastes the action of sun and rain changes the phosphorus and leaches out the glucose until a highly inflammable residue is left. House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 2011-03-12T03:00:26.220Z Phosphorus itself is a remarkable substance, much resembling sulphur, but much more inflammable. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z It is a colourless highly volatile and inflammable liquid, having at 20� C. a specific gravity of 0.65. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z For instance, the city warehouse filled with highly inflammable goods of great weight requires very different protection from the tenement house of the suburbs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z There is no lack of passion, on the other hand; of dangerous inflammable material there is too much in his nature; but with him passion paralyzes effort instead of spurring to action. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The first amount is too small to be always effective and the last is dangerously inflammable. House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 2011-03-12T03:00:26.220Z Of liquid inflammable substances the principal is spirit of wine, sometimes called ardent spirit, and, when highly rectified, alcohol. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Prosecutors initially argued that inflammable material was thrown into the train from the outside. Indian Court Sentences 11 to Die for Fatal Train Fire 2011-03-01T10:32:22Z Thus in the case of hydrogen and air, mixtures containing less than 5 and more than 72% of hydrogen are not inflammable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The bark of some trees, as "paper birch," and the leaves of others, as conifers, are very inflammable. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z In the absence of a key to turn off the inflammable gas he knocked the lead pipe flat. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z If this be done with a burning lens, in inflammable air, much of the air will be absorbed. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z It has been smouldering in the family for weeks and months; only the spark was wanting in all this inflammable matter, and it came at last. Riven Bonds. Vol. I. A Novel, in Two Volumes 2011-02-16T03:00:38.687Z But there was too much inflammable material about. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Especially in the fall there are great quantities of inflammable material, such as dry leaves, twigs, and duff lying loose ready for ignition. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z To draw off the foul and inflammable air from coal-pits and other mines liable to explosion. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z This substance, heated in inflammable air, imbibes it, parts with its water, and becomes perfect iron again. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The model was first filled with inflammable materials such as shavings and large blocks of wood, over which petroleum was poured. Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada 2011-02-01T03:00:13.163Z The Greek applied the torch, but the German material was inflammable; else it would never have burned. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z It threw a light upon the mysterious nature of man's love, as inflammable material which needs a spark to set it ablaze. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z We cover our roofs with inflammable shingles to invite every spark, and build our stairways of nice dry pine, so that in the event of fire they will be the first thing to go. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z With marine acid this metal yields inflammable air. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z In 1648 the building of wooden chimneys was forbidden, and roofs of reed were replaced with more solid and less inflammable material. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z For so it is, that the apparently most inflammable or evaporable of all earthly things, wood and water, are, in this view, immensely the most endurable. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Up to that time the shops of the city had been constructed very commonly of that highly inflammable material. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Being both inflammable substances, sparks flew, and a conflagration ensued. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z This metals also yields inflammable air when dissolved in the marine acid. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The structure being of stone, left but little inflammable material accessible; and the doors, on the exterior, were only two—those already mentioned. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z The familiar phrase exploded Ruth's inflammable nerves into hysterical laughter. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z It was not difficult for De Chevron to ignite the already too inflammable cupidity of the pedlar. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z His forces were scattered about in this region, he having rallied them by inflammable speeches against Andrade, whom he declared had been selected by fraud. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z Thus the phlogiston of charcoal or inflammable air becomes the phlogiston of any of the metals, when the calx is heated in contact with either of them. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Gasoline especially is very dangerous, not alone through the fact that it is very inflammable but even more so from the fact that the fumes of gasoline explode with great violence. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z But what can you do in the way of putting out fire when the very earth under your feet's inflammable! The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z It is also the botanical name of the Lavandula spica, or spikenard, from which a white, aromatic and highly inflammable oil is distilled, called huile d’aspic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The "ghaḍà" is a tree of a very inflammable nature, which, in burning, gives out a fierce heat. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments Heat assists the solvent power of almost all menstrua; so that many substances will unite in a certain degree of heat, which will form no union at all without it, as dephlogisticated and inflammable air. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z It is not advisable to introduce too much inflammable substance, for it is apt to spoil the fur when the bear comes thru the fiery ordeal. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. Thus he was found, later, by Marcel Trouet, whose business in life was to act as a political firebrand, but who did not find his good friends the English of the most inflammable material. A Blot on the Scutcheon On distillation of equal parts of dry potassium acetate and arsenious oxide, a colourless liquid of unbearable smell passes over, which is spontaneously inflammable and excessively poisonous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The primeval heath of our mountains was strong, bushy; and, when dry in spring, exceedingly inflammable. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 “Because your inflammable young heart will not be set on fire by antique virgins and blushing widows of sixty.” A Double Knot But the same cedars that finished the interior of meaner houses, formed its floors and ceilings; every chamber was covered with mats, and most of them were hung with the most inflammable kind of tapestry. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico The naphtha or petroleum springs of Baku have long been known; and the Field of Fire, so called from emitting inflammable gases, has long been a place of pilgrimage with the Guebres or Fire-worshippers. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis It has a fetid smell, is inflammable, soluble in water and spirit of wine; used as an antispasmodic, stimulant, and expectorant in chronic catarrh, bronchitic affections, and asthma; also used for plasters. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Hydrogen is, when mixed with air, highly inflammable, and helium has therefore been suggested as a substitute. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide “Well, I must own that they are nice-looking, young inflammable, certainly.” A Double Knot It is a colourless liquid, slightly soluble in water, and is spontaneously inflammable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Flint is rubbed and emits by attrition an inflammable matter that turns into sparks and heat. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Both during the carbonization of the bones and the distillation of the tar inflammable gases are evolved; these are generally used, after purification, for motive or illuminating purposes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Philip looked upon his tragedy as a huge joke, and made his friend's life wholly unendurable by frequent veiled allusions to the "inflammable age," rubbed in as only a college chum can do. The Bachelors A Novel Besides these there are the so-called flameless or safety explosives, used in collieries where inflammable gases are given off from the coal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The fact is, that though there is plenty in literature that is incendiary, there is little in our community that is inflammable. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses I don't see why it should not, if the system were to become too inflammable. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. So, if ever the flame of hope had for a moment lighted his mind, he had summarily extinguished it, and flung aside, as it were, the tinder-box of every inflammable recollection. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 I knew a boy once who applied the idealization formed during the inflammable period to a girl who at that time thought she cared for him. The Bachelors A Novel But I also knew that the first burst of flame is the worst in such a case, and that most of the fire came from the inflammable stuff in the bomb itself. Sea-Hounds Experiments with ether must be performed with great care, because, like the bisulphide of carbon, it is dangerously inflammable. Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them Nat had been knocked unconscious alone down in the big hold, but, worse than this, a tiny tongue of fire, from the exposed lantern wick, was playing on the bales of inflammable stuff. The Boy Pilot of the Lakes Nat Morton's Perils They are exciting the mob in Bristol—always inflammable material—and this fury of rage against old Wetherall is most dangerous. Under the Mendips A Tale Not a hair's-breadth too far did she permit her inflammable lover to venture. Shadows of Flames A Novel Yet I could not but apprehend that her defective moral education, her inflammable and reckless disposition, might make me one day repent of my cordiality and intimacy. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second But this is not sufficient to show that the ether vapour has passed to the inside, because it might have condensed in sufficient quantity upon the bubble to make it inflammable. Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them An undecomposed inflammable substance, one of the simple elementary bodies. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Below the ridge at a distance of three hundred yards or more apart they had placed inflammable pitch pine in dry brush and timber. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure And scarcely had the assailants been repelled when the vessel was found to be on fire, ignited gun and pistol wadding having fallen through an open hatch amongst inflammable dunnage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Having noticed the inflammable nature of a vapour arising during the distillation of tar, the Earl, by way of experiment, fitted a gun-barrel to the eduction pipe leading from the condenser. Coal and What We Get from It And know, of all our supercilious race, 710 Thou most inflammable! thou wasp of men! Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes A very thin, volatile, inflammable, and fluid mineral substance, of which there are springs in many countries, particularly in volcanic districts. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology To develop millions of landless men without wealth and with precarious jobs is to create a material superlatively inflammable. American World Policies If ever fire-boats proved their value, it was that night in May, 1900, when Pier 19, East River, caught fire, with all its length of inflammable freight. Careers of Danger and Daring The Dean ultimately traced the phenomenon to an escape of inflammable gas from an underlying coal seam, and he followed up the matter experimentally by studying the destructive distillation of Wigan coal in retorts. Coal and What We Get from It It is very volatile, the vapour being heavy and very inflammable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" In the interval between eruptions, innumerable hot springs afford vent to subterranean heat, and solfataras discharge copious streams of inflammable matter. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology But the moment she smiled, the inflammable George made hot love to her again. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 He has been described as a very small man, with a "long, yellow beard," and a temper as inflammable as gunpowder. The Greater Republic A History of the United States This mixture of inflammable gases is known as “water-gas,” and in the preparation of the gas on a large scale, coke is used as a source of carbon. Coal and What We Get from It Taking some matches from his pocket he deliberately set fire to the old hangings at the windows, and then lighted the half rotten mattress which rested upon a bedstead, doubly inflammable from age. A Modern Wizard They conveyed into the store pots of white lead and cans of turpentine, gasoline, and other inflammable liquids used in the removal and mixing of paints. The Competitive Nephew This, however, caused Grenville no serious uneasiness, for Winfield had found that by superficially boring the ground near to the rock, he could easily get at and ignite several similar reservoirs of inflammable oil. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa A few instances of severity, accompanied by a mystery, skilfully designed to magnify its effect, was sufficient to set on fire the inflammable imaginations of these sunny regions, and to spread universal terror. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. They had been described to me in all parts of the island as inflammable centres of peculation and mismanagement. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Now it was that long tongues of fire curled above the government building, swaying this way and that in the wind like fiery serpents, until the inflammable portion of the nation's Capitol was ablaze. Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington We gathered scraps from the lumber mill, carefully cleared a sandy strip on the beach of all inflammable matter and built a huge bonfire. The Test Colony There is an abundance of this coal, but it has been subjected to mountain-making pressure and heat, and is extremely inflammable. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place The bladder will thus become filled with the inflammable air, which, when forced out against the flame of a candle, by pressing the sides of the bladder, will form a beautiful green flame. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments When inflammable materials are brought together, and sparks are flying, you cannot equitably distribute the blame or the punishment. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Care must be used in making, as the materials are highly inflammable. Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades In the second, it is dangerous with so much inflammable material about. Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies Into this building came, hissing and steaming, a strange projectile, and immediately a flame shot high into the air, and, fed by the inflammable materials, spread with the speed of the wind. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) Turpentine and kerosene are inflammable and hence dangerous to use. American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick The awkward apprentice, who was alone in the shop, made a mistake, and took down a bottle which, instead of a dram, contained inflammable gas, wherewith balloons are filled. Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea Selected and Translated from Various Authors Care must be used in making, as the materials are highly inflammable. Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades Necessary, I suppose, on account of the chemicals and the inflammable nature of the wax? Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Almost every kind of dust which is composed of inflammable material will explode when touched by a flame. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 The custom, still in use among some primitive people, of drilling for fire in the dry, inflammable bark of dead trees of a particular species, may have forcibly directed the choice of tribal trees. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations By means of the belt axes of the boys, supplemented by the Indian's axe in the hands of Alec, a pile of inflammable stuff was soon collected and heaped up inside the cabin. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp From the palace roof Larry saw the violet beams; and then a red-yellow glare against the sky marked where the inflammable interior of the Station building was burning. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 But she was mine, and blood is inflammable— For a Lisette! Song-Surf This will help to give an idea of the intensely inflammable nature of coal dust. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 True; I have had some experience in Eastern travel, and know how to manage those inflammable spirits of the desert. The Lamplighter Birch bark, as every Boy Scout knows, is one of the most inflammable of materials. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp Everybody said that the times were going to be harder than ever that summer, and she was quick to catch at the inflammable speeches of some lawless townsfolk who were never satisfied with anything. Strangers and Wayfarers That inflammable knot was not hard to find. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl In the intervals between the eruptions, innumerable hot springs afford vent to the subterranean heat, and solfataras discharge copious streams of inflammable matter. Volcanoes: Past and Present In our room there was nothing inflammable but the mosquito nettings and lace draperies over the iron bedsteads. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise It is dangerous to leave waste paper like those letters lying around close to such highly inflammable material. Cupid's Middleman Even if the regulation seems superfluous to the particular individual or family, let it be remembered that there are inflammable spots in every community. Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency Coal's black, hard, and inflammable, We say; but all so fast, A comma follows after each, With and before the last. Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children While many meteoric appearances may simply arise from electricity, or from the inflammable gases, it is now certain, from the proved descent of aërolites, that such bodies are of extra-terrestrial origin. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 The inflammable log cabin was surrounded by fire, and she stood in the center of the awful glare like some pale, beautiful martyr at the stake. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday Pine gives off much hydrogen when heated and this light and inflammable gas gives much flame. Old Plymouth Trails It is by taking advantage of their superior facilities in the same direction that gas and inflammable oils have already made their mark in the sphere of domestic cookery. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast Many researches have shown that the combustion of an inflammable gas-mixture which is started at a point, e.g. by an electric spark, may be propagated in two essentially Explosion-waves. different ways. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" He was also fond of making the children personate spirits or fiends, while he burned some inflammable liquid. Home Life of Great Authors Why are these forests more inflammable than those in the old world?' asked Mr. Wynn the elder. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement This community is even now in an inflammable condition, and may be ignited by a single spark. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital It flew towards them, hit the wall and broke, inflammable fuel spurted in every direction and the flame went out. The Ethical Engineer Perhaps, the uneasy foot of a sleeper, perhaps a gust of wind between the chinks, had sent an ember underneath the inflammable logging of the walls. The Wilderness Trail Aunt M'riar!" said he, tapping his pipe out on the hob, and taking care the ashes didn't get in the inflammable stove-ornament, "I don't hear them young customers outside. When Ghost Meets Ghost I endeavoured to profit by the property which ether possesses of dissolving in atmospheric air, and rendering it inflammable without explosion. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries The style of the great dogmatist, thrown out in heat, must no doubt have contained many fiery particles, all which fell into the most inflammable of minds. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors It had started in the large, empty drawing-room, in which the decorators had been still working with paints, oils, and inflammable stuff. Clark's Field Pitch and other inflammable substances fell like rain upon their advancing columns. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 He felt a spark dropped among the recesses where his inflammable temper was kept. Aurora the Magnificent Very inflammable bodies, as phosphorus, are set on fire by means of the crooked iron wire, MN, Pl. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries In every ship also were 2 cartloads of earth, to throw over any inflammable substance which might have fallen on board. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) The same principle is exhibited, when oxygen unites with an inflammable body, as in the burning of wood, coal, oil, &c. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Hephæstion’s catafalque was built of inflammable materials, 250 feet high, raised in many stories, and hung with pictorial tapestries, painted and embroidered. Needlework As Art Here they saw how the crude petroleum was refined to make gasolene and were told the elaborate precautions observed to keep this highly inflammable produce from catching fire. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune For instance, the inflammable gas dissolves a very small part of the charcoal, by which means its weight is somewhat augmented, and that of the carbonic gas proportionally diminished. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries It caught the houses, and everything inflammable burst into flame. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 What changes take place when oxygen unites with an inflammable body? A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Otherwise you will lose both time and pains; you will destroy your own handiwork, and after having thoughtlessly intoxicated yourself with all these inflammable vapors, you will have nothing left but the dregs. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts Owing to the heat generated, it is advisable to place the lime in an iron crucible and to have nothing inflammable within a radius of 2 feet. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Each hurried to save what he could, but the fire had filled the small laboratory, breaking out furiously among the inflammable materials. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' A few days before Cora had been served with a notice to appear and defend the suit for divorce which her husband was bringing against her; and this had set her inflammable soul on fire. Name and Fame A Novel The gas in the reeling bag was no more inflammable than the air of Paris in those days just before the Revolution. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons Captain Brandon, looking from his housetop down upon the guns almost beneath him, saw a gunner ramming an inflammable shell into the cannon. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Spark on the cloth, and the cloud of inflammable vapor that formed where the leaking tin fell plummetlike, carried the flame down when the wind of its fall would have blown it out. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 The government was naturally solicitous concerning these collections of inflammable material. Japan This happy consummation is supposed to occur directly the large funeral pile, which is always of highly inflammable materials, takes fire. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The only terms in common use are, fixed air, mephitic, and inflammable. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air His inflammable temper had rather out-flamed itself in its last-recorded performance, and he had begun to suspect that it had been responsible for some, though by no means all, of his troubles. The Heart of Thunder Mountain All that stream of inflammable stuff was aflame. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 The sea rolled on with incredible swiftness, as the tongues of flame licked up the inflammable objects they encountered. The Hound From The North Never throw away a lighted match, for it may fall on inflammable material and start a fire. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Also, when it is saturated, it dissolves iron with as much rapidity, and still continues inflammable. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air They wrapped around their arrows hemp dipped in oil, and, setting them on fire, shot them upon the dry and inflammable roof. King Philip Makers of History Somewhere it would finally reach wood; that was inflammable. The Mind Master One captured apparatus, actually examined, comprised a portable reservoir for holding the inflammable liquid and the means of spraying it. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Never build a large camp fire too near the tent or inflammable pine trees. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 I put two wasps into inflammable air, and let them remain there a considerable time, one of them near an hour. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air So that the structures Bell had seen in the wing lights' glow were of wood, and inflammable. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 If such was their power upon an old scholar like Parr, what must have been their influence upon younger and more inflammable minds? Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 Maybe, knowing my inflammable heart, she offered the tempting bait solely to the end of getting me into her power? Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess Not to drop matches or burning tobacco where there is inflammable material. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Spirit of wine imbibes alkaline air as readily as water, and seems to be as inflammable afterwards as before. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air If the spark had fallen upon the inflammable materials of a gunpowder-treason mob, and made it explode, or, what was worse, had ignited it, what cared they? Pius IX. And His Time To this inflammable material, Henrik Steffens merely laid the torch of his intelligence. The Gold Horns She was clothed in a cloth, "made like a shift," saturated with tar, and her limbs were also smeared with the same inflammable substance, while a tarred bonnet had been placed on her head. Bygone Punishments First, get dry, small, dead branches, twigs, fir branches, and other inflammable material. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Ether, however, imbibed alkaline air pretty freely; but it was afterwards as inflammable as before, and the colour was not changed. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air She had waited for three years, patiently, quietly, obstinately, despite the many and varied sieges laid to her heart and her imagination by the inflammable, eligible youth of the countryside. A Bride of the Plains Never throw away a lighted match, it may fall on inflammable material and start fire. How Girls Can Help Their Country When a ship is cleared for action, all inflammable fittings, such as wooden doors, ladders, racks, extra boats, and davits, etc., are discarded. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went Before I could get there, the inflammable wood was afire, and from that other sparks had been borne on, and at once had kindled flames in a number of different places. The Cabin on the Prairie Perhaps this inflammable principle may come from some remains of the animals, from which it is thought that all calcareous matter proceeds. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air A large canoe was filled with pitch and with pine-knots,—the most inflammable materials an Oregon forest could furnish. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. The winds were hot and dry and the grass, baked on the stem, had became as inflammable as hay. A Son of the Middle Border His pride was so fierce, and his temper so inflammable, that he was an unfailing source of merriment, especially to the Neil boys and their friends. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro "Why, I am afraid, my lord," replied Washington, "it will prove inflammable, and produce an explosion that will shake both countries." From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services Inflammable air is not thought to be miscible with water, and when kept many months, seems, in general, to be as inflammable as ever. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air It is extremely dangerous, as it gives off an inflammable gas at ordinary temperatures. 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 Pitch pine, which is the most inflammable of all woods when dry and 'fat,' will scarcely burn at all in a green state. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts In chipping flints into arrow or lance heads sparks must frequently have been struck from the hard stone, and at times these may have fallen upon and kindled inflammable material. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution The laugh which followed this found Burns at her side, every passion in his inflammable nature alight. Nancy Stair A Novel I observed, however, that inflammable air, mixed with the fumes of smoking spirit of nitre, goes off at one explosion, exactly like a mixture of half common and half inflammable air. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Here is the true mob-spirit, fickle, inflammable, to be worked on by any demagogue with promises in his mouth. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar It had not been without some provocation, it is true; for though very small, Mrs. Cassidy had a valiant spirit, and had many and varied ways of exasperating her husband's inflammable temper. The End of the Rainbow The idea prevalent in the eighteenth century as to the nature of shooting stars was that they were mere aerial ignes fatui—inflammable vapours accidentally kindled in our atmosphere. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The chief practical objection to machines lighter than air is that they are buoyed up by vulnerable receptacles containing hydrogen or some other highly inflammable gas. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force In one night a considerable quantity of permanent air was produced, and it was strongly inflammable. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air And yet it should not be forgotten that the ignorance of the people, coupled with their narrow superstition and lively imagination, make them very inflammable material under the influence of eloquent demagogues. India, Its Life and Thought Guarding the intriguing and inflammable harem are eunuchs, imported at great expense from Abyssinia, and responsible for the Sultan's wives and concubines, whom "wise women" prepare to meet their lord. In the Tail of the Peacock It was then, and is now, a place where the houses stood very thick and close together: all round were warehouses filled with oil, wine, tar, and every kind of inflammable stuff. The History of London Malaysian houses are built mostly of reed and thatch work standing in shallow water on bamboo stalks, highly inflammable and subject to alterations by a blunt pocket-knife. It, and Other Stories 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 “Bravo!” shouted Murray, for at the first start of his little party the torches were applied to the dry inflammable palm fabrics, and the flames sprang into fiery life at once. Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop "Under the same conditions, of course—a broken circuit and inflammable material close at hand." The Doomsman Now, the people of Kuâla Trĕnggânu dread fire more than anything in the world; for, their houses, which are made of very inflammable material, jostle one another on every foot of available ground. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula What the workmen, not less than the coal-owners, eagerly desired was, a lamp that should give forth sufficient light, without communicating flame to the inflammable gas which accumulated in certain parts of the pit. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson To this hypothesis it may be objected, that, if diminished air be air saturated with phlogiston, it ought to be inflammable. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air With respect to the preservation from fire of inflammable building materials, the processes, more or less successful, that have been tried are so numerous that I cannot even pretend to enumerate them. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 They succeeded in riding down the steep declivity, and they rushed at the Taira position, setting fire to everything inflammable. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era They were about the size of peas, and distinguishable when dry by their being inflammable like bad wax, when put into the flame of a candle. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life This lamp went out of itself in inflammable gas. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Alkaline air, on the contrary, I was surprized to find, is slightly inflammable; which, however, seems to confirm the opinion of chemists, that the volatile alkali contains phlogiston. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air At Surakhani, 13 m. east of the town, is the now disused temple of the Parsee fire-worshippers, who were attracted thither by the natural fountains of inflammable gas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" There is a vast proletarian mass, ignorant and inflammable, ready to follow leaders of better education, but less principle, than themselves. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions A boiling spring, from which is emitted an inflammable gas. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The corpse is surrounded with dried wood, made additionally inflammable with oils. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Though alkaline air be inflammable, it appeared, by the following experiment, to be heavier than the common inflammable air, as well as to contract no union with it. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air But the material in her hands was only combustible in a slow way; the plutocratic conscience is rarely inflammable—for the most part it smolders like punk. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York A peculiarity of this stratum is that the upper part of it contains bands of “inflammable shales,” being blue, laminated, bituminous clays, which burn readily. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Cases have occurred, in which the breath of the drunkard has become so highly charged with alcohol as to render it actually inflammable by the touch of a taper. Select Temperance Tracts It was highly inflammable, yet could stand terrific compression without effect. Wanted—7 Fearless Engineers! Pieces of dry cork wood being put to the acid air, a small quantity remained not imbibed by water, and was inflammable. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Water consists of eighty-six parts oxygen, and fourteen parts of hydrogen or inflammable air, in a state of combination. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes I admit I am not as placid as I look, and Katie, too, is very inflammable, so you can understand how tense the atmosphere was at times. An Anarchist Woman It was only necessary after that to apply a match to the inflammable material to start an incipient conflagration. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts Her cargo undoubtedly consisted of highly inflammable material, since it blazed freely, while the smoke smelt strongly of burnt oil. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Very dry pieces of oak, being exposed to this air a day and a night, after imbibing a considerable quantity of it, produced air which was inflammable indeed, but in the slightest degree imaginable. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air A dark forest is selected for the sacrifice; stripped naked, he is bound to a tree, and the inflammable brushwood piled around him. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The inflammable cargo, the tarry ropes and cordage, fed the flames, which leaped from hull to main-truck. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Temptation in its most seductive form is forced upon inflammable natures, and the most pernicious of all lessons is taught to poor, honest, hard-working women. The Map of Life Conduct and Character Here she was comparatively safe from the sea-plane, as the latter could not drop any bombs without risk of exploding the highly inflammable cargo of the British vessel. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War 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 Punctilious, haughty, inflammable There are no lights in these streets, though these people are abroad much at night. This Simian World It is seen from these experiments that phlogiston, the simple inflammable principle, is present in each of them. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 If enough dirt and trash can be accumulated an otherwise fireproof building will become inflammable. Simple Sabotage Field Manual People shouldn’t throw such splendid women in one’s way, especially when they are made of such inflammable materials, and take fire at a civil word. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Still also the air in which it had breathed so long was inflammable, though very weakly so. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air But instead of being a theory of remedy for important men to discuss, it acted as a fire-brand thrown among the inflammable, long-oppressed Third Estate—with results deplorable to the art which occupies our attention. The Tapestry Book We shall now see how the air behaves towards inflammable substances when they get into fiery motion. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 The buildings are of stone or some other such inflammable material, with roofs of slate or tile. In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France A few days later, he writes to Dr. Priestley: In the deflagration of the inflammable and dephlogisticated airs, the airs unite with violence—become red-hot—and, on cooling, totally disappear. James Watt It is not wholly improbable, but that, in the intermediate state, before it becomes inflammable air, it may be nearly of the nature of common air. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air The surroundings being of a most inflammable nature, this was very surprising. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria I then approached a burning candle to the orifice of the tube, whereupon the inflammable air took fire and burned with a small yellowish-green flame. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 And she took it down from its pinnacle, and placed it firmly on the middle of a table, at a distance from anything inflammable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 I maintain my hypothesis until it shall be shown that the water formed after the explosion of the pure and inflammable airs, has some other origin. James Watt It even dissolved iron very fast, and generated inflammable air. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air A very inflammable, fiercely burning fluid, which oozes from the ground or rock in many different localities, and may be obtained by the distillation of coal, cannel, and other substances. 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. I shall demonstrate the constituents of this inflammable air further on; for, although it seems to follow from these experiments that it is only phlogiston, still other experiments are contrary to this. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 Imogene Chandler had her stove out in the open at a safe distance from the inflammable weed roof of the "house." The Desert Fiddler Ever since the Contessa had arrived, she had been like an active volcano planted down among dangerously inflammable elements, and the removal of it was really a matter of relief. Miss Mapp I then introduced a considerable quantity of water; but there was no farther diminution of the air, and the remainder I found to be inflammable. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Little watched the group curiously, for the moment forgetting his inflammable friend. Gold Out of Celebes Has this air been absorbed by the inflammable substance, or has the heat of the small flame driven it out even before I could press the flask into the tough mass? Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 Before leaving its precincts they had sprinkled coal oil over every square metre of carpet, window-hangings and tapestries, and the slow-match was not long in passing the fire to its inflammable timber. Royal Palaces and Parks of France They are very apt to smoke, and they are very inflammable.” Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Into a vessel containing a quantity of inflammable air, I put half as much alkaline air, and then about the same quantity of acid air. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air On the one side, politicians, whether clever or stupid; on the other, the electorate, ignorant and apathetic, or prejudiced and inflammable, as the case may be. The School and the World It is, however, also remarkable that other bodies which attract the inflammable substance more strongly, as for example, the fuming acid of nitre, do not abstract it from the air. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 But the interiors had been penetrated through windows and doors, and everything inflammable about them, as well as about the streets, had been destroyed. The Fire People Papyrus, and other of the more inflammable materials, are found in a burned state. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Previous to the trial, I had suspected that this air would have been found to be inflammable. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air The room was crowded, and with the most inflammable material. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier He mixed with water, by agitation, the inflammable air from metals; this also would not succeed with me, although I used only little inflammable air, and much water. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 In 1831, she met Garrison and, being inflammable, caught fire from his anti-slavery zeal, and became one of his earliest and staunchest disciples. Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies Nature of Mineral Coal Mineral, or fossil, coal is a species of stratum distinguished by its inflammable and combustible nature. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Very little or none of the air was fixed, so as to become inflammable; but more time would probably have produced this effect. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air No rain had fallen in weeks; the grass was as dry as tinder; and the old bleached shack itself almost as inflammable as gunpowder. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest But where this latter kind of air has gone to after it has united with the inflammable substance, is a question which must be decided by further experiments, and not by conjectures. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 The oily dressing of the cotton fabric may have made it the more inflammable. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood Many of the rivers contain in solution an immense quantity of inflammable vegetable substance, and this is carried into the sea, and precipitated there. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science By the same process I got inflammable air from spirit of wine, and about as copiously as from the essential oil of mint. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air “The CO2 bottles were filled with an inflammable or an explosive gas,” said her father, unbending. Space Platform This I call the pure acid of nitre; as soon, however, as it comes into contact with an inflammable substance, it becomes more or less red. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 In such inflammable surroundings where the sparks of the dance are recklessly kindled, the danger is imminent. Psychology and Social Sanity These strata are evidently a deposit of inflammable substances which all come originally from vegetable bodies. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science This air continued in water a whole night, and when it was transferred into another vessel was strongly inflammable. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air All the buildings were constructed of extremely inflammable material. In Mesopotamia This acid holds this small quantity of phlogiston so firmly that even the air, which so strongly attracts the inflammable substance, is not able to separate this from it. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 A good quality should have a fire test of not less than one hundred and fifty degrees; that is, when heated to that temperature, it should not give off any inflammable gas. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Anyway, this shell burnt everything round them, including the flaps of a barn door standing upright, with nothing inflammable near, but the doors were in a blaze in a moment, and also their clothes. Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 About one fourth of it was rendered immiscible in water, and was but weakly inflammable. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air One of the important items of expenditure is fuel, and the first thing to find out under this head is whether kerosene or any other inflammable fluid is ever used to start the fire. Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers I obtain inflammable air from the metals, as iron or zinc, in exactly the same way, except that I place the bottle in warm sand. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 By this process naphtha, rhigoline, gasoline, benzine, and other highly inflammable products are obtained in separate receivers. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The flames burst fiercely, and blazed up high, as they caught the dry inflammable timber of which the building was composed. The Three Midshipmen The remainder was inflammable, and burned with a blue flame. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air "It is only that the world is rather inflammable at this moment." The Arbiter A Novel Seventh Experiment.—It is likewise known that the red precipitate of mercury regains its flowing condition without the addition of an inflammable substance. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 Natural Gas.—A natural inflammable gas occurs in or near several of the petroleum horizons. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The state of Ireland is most alarming and most anxious; altogether, there is so much inflammable matter all around us that it makes one tremble. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 They made, however, a continual, though slow, increase of inflammable air. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air It has been supposed ever since our countryman, Dr. Woodhouse, made an experiment with potash that this alkali had an inflammable base. James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 But that the blood really attracts the inflammable substance I have additional experiment to prove, since I have removed phlogiston by help of my lungs from inflammable air, and have converted this into vitiated air. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 Our fires, too, were they safe, or might they not run along the inflammable turf and perhaps destroy acres of beautiful, precious timber? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The soot in the smoke-stacks not being moistened by the steam, which was now escaping through the wheel-house, became very inflammable. From Fort Henry to Corinth The electric spark taken in any kind of oil produces inflammable air, as I was led to observe in the following manner. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air I am disposed to believe that the Doctor was the first one who hazarded this conjecture as to the inflammable nature of potash when treated in certain ways. James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 Fire-air is the chief cause of this corruption; if this enters the water again, it attracts to itself the inflammable substance from the subtle oily and mucilaginous matter, and alters the whole of the water. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 The machinery is very slightly damaged; the stock, not being inflammable, has been injured more by water, but they find rags and cotton-waste saturated with kerosene. Floyd Grandon's Honor The print shop was burning, its inflammable tar paper and dry boards blazing like powder. Land of the Burnt Thigh This air, by passing through water, was diminished to about one third, and was inflammable. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air They roared and sang as they devoured the inflammable mattresses, stuffed with straw, and laid hold of the dry timbers piled above. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada The weed, which had resisted fire so contemptuously before, suddenly became inflammable and burned like celluloid for days. Greener Than You Think The French then retreated some fifteen meters at Vauquois on March 23, 1915, when the Germans sprayed one of their trenches with inflammable liquid. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes Their hearts are inflammable as those of the flaxen-haired youths I met afterwards in the universities of Germany, only living on oatmeal, without sausages, and less florid with beer. The Dew of Their Youth In all these cases the inflammable matter might be supposed to arise from the inflammable substances on which the experiments were made. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air This liquor is extremely strong and highly inflammable. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Receiving no reply, he proceeded to extricate Eleanor, with whose beauty the inflammable highwayman was instantly smitten. Rookwood They knew how inflammable the masses were; they soon saw that the masses were inflamed, and that nothing but the most vigorous measures would secure their thrones from overthrow. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy A world of inflammable lovers of the Romeo and Juliet type would very soon end in barbarism and misery. Chance A Tale in Two Parts It relates to the inflammable air generated from oak the 27th of July 1771, of which I have made mention before. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Every other part was filled with about 40 barrels of gunpowder and other inflammable matter. 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