| 单词 | menstruum |
| 例句 | The fabled ½universal solvent¸ of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The earthy salts may be diffused throughout a uniformly cheesy basis, or they may be deposited in a partially softened, cheesy menstruum, when a mortar-like material results. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z ‘Now, lux is called the seed, or menstruum, of the red dragon; or, in other words, that gross and corporeal light, which, when properly digested and modified, produces gold.’ Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Repercolation, rē-pėr-ko-lā′shun, n. in pharmacy, the successive application of the same menstruum to fresh parts of the substance to be percolated. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z In that menstruum of words, all substances are alike. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Alkalis have a stronger affinity with acids than metals have with them; so that they will precipitate them from their solutions in acid menstruums. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Nor is there anything in nature save desire holding substances together, all things being dissolvable and recombinable in this spiritual menstruum. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z With this, he unfolded the mystery; but he bade me observe, that the menstruum was defective on one point. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z The various appearances thus presented in the menstruum have been inferred to prognosticate atmospheric changes. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z Drink, my children; health consists in the suppleness and humectation of the parts: drink water in great abundance: it is an universal menstruum that dissolves all kinds of salt. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z 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 Ex�tract, a term to denote all that can be dissolved out of a substance by a specified menstruum, such as water, alcohol, ether, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Moreover, this sect applied the term Lux to the seed or menstruum of the Red Dragon, or to that crude and corporeal light which, being properly concocted and digested, produces gold. Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples 2011-02-23T03:00:32.190Z Distinguishable by good eyes! very heavy, fusible, soluble in appropriate acid menstrua; as molybdæna, lead, gold, and copper. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Al′kahest, the so-called universal solvent or menstruum of the alchemists. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide "Nothing but the sharpest essence of villainy compounded with the strongest distillation of folly, could have produced a menstruum that would have effected a separation." Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence We can get the pure menstruum by letting the pigment settle, and the pure pigment by pouring off the size or oil. Essays in Radical Empiricism In the latter case a menstruum with considerable body, such as molasses or flaxseed tea or milk, will help to hold solids or oils in suspension until swallowed. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle That a universal chaotic menstruum should deposit a series of numerous sharply-defined strata, differing from one another in composition, is incomprehensible. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I The pyroligneous vinegar is perfectly free from all flavour, save that of the pure acid; therefore, it is a very valuable menstruum for receiving impregnations from various flavouring materials. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual In later times we find Flamsteed communicating to Newton, March 7, 1681, his opinion "that the substance of the sun is terrestrial matter, his light but the liquid menstruum encompassing him." A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition It will be evident to the psychoanalyst that the original material is occasionally identified with secretions and excretions, spittle, milk, dung, menstruum, urine. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts Gum resins and essential oils were found to be insoluble in this menstruum, and hence such drugs have been given in the form of pill, powder or mixture. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say The menstruum may be water, to which a little spirits and a few drops of oil of rosemary to increase its stimulating qualities have been added. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources This operation is repeated until all the organic matter soluble in this menstruum is removed; which is accomplished as soon as the carbonate of soda solution comes off colorless. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel Cellulose is insoluble in all menstrua, but, when boiled for a long time with sulphuric acid, is converted into a substance called dextrine. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry The menstruum does not fail the fruit for nourishment Till it at the proper time comes to the light of day.” Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts Subsequently the ordinary tinctures were distilled, and the extracts thus obtained dissolved in the above menstruum, as far as was possible, in most cases the residuum being found to be inert. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say The aromatics and bitter tonics are useful; gentian and tea in warm decoction form a useful menstruum for other remedies. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse We might be told of the early history of Chemistry, when alchemists sought in their concoctions a panacea for all human evils, and in their crucibles an alkalest or universal menstruum. Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws I have since discovered that a godly woman may be a *****!—But hold—Here’s t’ye again—this rum is generous Antigua, so a very unfit menstruum for scandal. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Alcohol dissolves alkaloids, fatty and resinous substances, and is largely used as a menstruum in obtaining the active principles of drugs in an available form for administration. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Dr. E. R. Squibb, a leading pharmacist of Brooklyn, stated that during the last two or three years much had been accomplished in retiring alcohol as a menstruum for exhausting drugs. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say These colloids appear to be separated by amyl alcohol in virtue of their greater solubility in that menstruum. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 It seems therefore very probable, that those colours which are made by the precipitation of those particles out of the menstruums by transparent precipitating liquors should be transparent also. Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Lastly, That as this fluid state had not been the effect of solution in a menstruum, it must have been fluidity from heat and fusion. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) If the barrenness proceeds from stoppage of the menstrua, let the woman sweat, for that opens the parts; and the best way to sweat is in a hot-house. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy Of the other menstrua experimented with up to the present time, that which had given the best results was acetic acid, in various strengths. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say The medical use of raisins is, their imparting a very pleasant flavour both to aqueous and spiritous menstrua. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II First, that the Air in which we live, move, and breath, and which encompasses very many, and cherishes most bodies it encompasses, that this Air is the menstruum, or universal dissolvent of all Sulphureous bodies. Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Are these such as will correspond to the dissolving power of water, and to the state in which these substances might be left by the separation of their menstruum? Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) If it proceed from putrified blood, let her be bled in the foot, and then strengthen the womb, as I have directed in stopping the menstrua. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy Impure spirits of 40° Gay-Lussac, and not water, should be used as a menstruum for the salt of copper. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 L. E. D.-Poppy heads, boiled in water, impart to the menstruum their narcotic juice, together with the other juices which they have in common with vegetable matters in general. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II Secondly, that this action it performs not, till the body be first sufficiently heated, as we find requisite also to the dissolution of many other bodies by several other menstruums. Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Regia is a compound menstruum invented by the alchemists for dissolving gold. American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype To prevent this, let no virgin blood in the arm before her courses come down well; for that will bring the blood downwards, and by that means provoke the menstrua to come down. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy I have since discovered that a godly woman may be a—!—But hold—here's t'ye again—this rum is generous Antigua, so a very unfit menstruum for scandal. The Letters of Robert Burns It was found to be insoluble in all ordinary menstrua, such as alcohol, ether, carbon disulphide, benzene, or chloroform, and neither attacked by boiling alcoholic potash nor by fusing alkali. Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 And next, the Solution of all Metals into menstruums are much the same with the Vitriols, or Crystals. Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon She is the menstruum in which letter and spirit dissolve and mingle into unity. Among My Books Second Series Q. Why are they termed menstrua, from the word mensis, a month? The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy My friend, T. Poole, begs me to ask what, in your opinion, are the parts or properties in the oak which tan skins? and is cold water a complete menstruum for these parts or properties? Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. In the menstruum of this man's wit, the past and the present ages, and their religions, politics, and modes of thinking, are dissolved into archetypes and ideas. Representative Men And generally I find, that Saline menstruums are most operative upon those colours that are Purple, or have some degree of Purple in them, and upon the other colours much less. Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Nothing but the sharpest essence of villany, compounded with the strongest distillation of folly, could have produced a menstruum that would have effected a separation. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis Water dissolves wood and iron and salt; air dissolves water; electric fire dissolves air, but the intellect dissolves fire, gravity, laws, method, and the subtlest unnamed relations of nature in its resistless menstruum. Essays — First Series But Ikey was timid, and his hopes remained insoluble in the menstruum of his backwardness and fears. The Four Million He sternly rebuked Lincoln for his irreverence in refusing to cordially accept the Dred Scott decision and in the next breath, with shocking inconsistency, dissolved its entire force in the menstruum of unfriendly legislation. Life of Stephen A. Douglas |
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