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1847 Chem. Gaz. 1 Mar. 89 Whether we assume this body to contain cyanic or cyanuric acid, it does not possess a composition analogous to that of the other æther compounds.

1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. v. ix. 611 Æther-narcosis produces the loss of ‘1. The local sensibility of extreme parts..2. The intellectual powers’.

1873 J. P. Cooke New Chem. (1874) i. 18 And the globe will hold just as much ether-vapor as if neither of the other two were present.

1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics x. §64. 177 By ether-spray it [sc. an external part of the body] is made very cold.

1907 G. M. Norman Systematic Pract. Org. Chem. i. vi. 24 Dry ammonia is passed into the ether solution, and the aldehyde ammonia which separates is collected on the filter pump.

1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. vi. xix. 199 Extraction from ether solution with hydrochloric acid solutions of different strengths..shows that there are two acidic products.

1974 J. B. Finean et al. Membranes & Cellular Functions vi. 96 The long chain substituents in the glycerolipids are almost entirely phytol chains which are linked to the 2- and 3-positions..by ether linkages.

1982 A. F. Wallace Progress Plastic Surg. xvi. 145 They began to use intratracheal insufflation, a technique which entailed driving ether vapour..through a gum elastic catheter placed in the trachea.

1991 R. Mistry Such Long Journey (1992) 164 He enumerated the items he wanted on the menu..while directing a cold ether spray over the spot to be injected.

2009 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Jan. 40 Joshua Compston..died of an ether overdose in 1996.