单词 | dry way |
释义 | > as lemmasdry way c. Alchemy, Chemistry, and Mineralogy. With distinguishing word: a process or method (of preparation, analysis, etc.) characterized by the presence or absence of a solvent (typically water or acid), as dry way, †humid way, †moist way, wet way. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [phrase] > process distinguished by way1651 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical tests > [noun] > types > by method dry way1651 suck it and see1951 modulation1964 1651 J. French tr. J. R. Glauber Descr. New Philos. Furnaces iv. 259 Therefore there is no doubt of the possibility of the metallick tingent spirit changing courser metals into finer both by a dry and moist way [L. tam sicca quam humida via]. 1675 G. Thomson Ορθο-μέθοδος ἰατρο-χυμικὴ: Direct Method curing Chymically xiii. 111 In a Humid way the Sulphur of [Antimonie] is extracted by penetrative Corpuscles of divers Corrosive Liquors. 1786 Crit. Rev. 62 461 Of earthy bodies formed in the moist way, flint is first mentioned. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 395 In the Dry way, it may be essayed when pulverized. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 373 Iodine does not act sensibly in the humid way. 1874 Chem. News 6 Feb. 72/1 The preparation of kermes in the moist way can only be effected with carbonate of soda. 1920 F. W. Clarke Data Geochem. (ed. 4) 354 All the foregoing experiments relate to the production of quartz and tridymite in the wet way, but dry methods have also been successfully employed. 1994 R. Laudan From Mineral. to Geol. iii. 61 Chemists and mineralogists gradually shifted to an almost exclusive use of the ‘wet way’, refining techniques for investigating the interactions of acids, bases, and salts in solution. 2009 R. E. Cox Elixir Immortality i. 35 The Dry Way is called ‘dry’ because it does not involve wet chemistry, or the use of acids. It does, however, require the use of antimony. < as lemmas |
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