Sublimatory
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌsʌblɪˈmeɪtəɹi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sublimatory is a noun meaning A vessel or device used for sublimation.
Meaning
A vessel or device used for sublimation.
More Meanings
- Used for sublimation.
Example Sentences
This is why ordinary mercury can be "precipitated", that is, made to congeal and fall to the bottom of a sublimatory by fire alone.
Take the black feces, that remain in the bottome, stampe them, and put them in a sublimatory of good earth, of an inch thick, and no more, for six houres, first a little fire, then reinforce it for twelve others, till the sublimatory be red[…]
How Sulphur is sublimed. Take the best and clearest yellow Sulphur[…]then put [the sulphur and other substances] into your Sublimatory, and put on its head; add to it fire of the first degree, until all its moisture be vapoured away; then close the pipe above, and proceed with the fire by degrees, until all the Sulphur be sublimed very subtle.
Word Forms
- sublimatories
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sublimer, sublimification, subliming, sublimate, sublimation, subtilization.
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