The sweet principle of honey and molasses, and the incrustation which is so frequently seen on figs and raisins, are also essentially the same substance. From Wordnik.com. [Religion and Chemistry] Reference
Don't put oil in your boiler to prevent incrustation. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
There was no saline incrustation, and no palmellæ found. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
Found abundantly the white incrustation on the surface of the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
An incrustation, smelling of sulphur, has been deposited by the water on the stones. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries] Reference
It is used to treat infections caused alongside fungus on the incrustation and in the body. From Wordnik.com. [Burning the Fat: Fueled by Fatuousness] Reference
I. R.R. depot, I.took an incrustation near creek; not much found but dirt and moving spores. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
Gathered some of the white incrustation on sand in a marsh west of Long Island Railroad depot. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
The alabaster used for the incrustation of the masonry consists partly of blocks and partly of slabs. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
The quality of the water should be carefully checked for the possibility of corrosion or incrustation. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
This goes on until a regular incrustation is formed, and the soil is covered by a white deposit of nitre. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
The building was oval in form, and composed of a golden fleecy incrustation from which it derived it, name. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Visitors] Reference
Early in September revisited the same, but found nothing more; the incrustation, not even so much as before. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
And intelligence was there, dwelling in a planet-wide incrustation of crystals and microscopic metal threads. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind from The Sun]
And along the margin where the water sometimes broke was a thick incrustation of salt -- pink under the lurid sky. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
And along the margin where the water sometimes broke was a thick incrustation of salt — pink under the lurid sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells] Reference
Its back was corrugated and ornamented with ungainly bosses, and a greenish incrustation blotched it here and there. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
The teeth of diabetics become loose without any formation of tartar, (an incrustation of phosphate of lime and saliva). From Wordnik.com. [Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration] Reference
This pathway ran up hill, across another open space covered with white incrustation, and plunged into a canebrake again. From Wordnik.com. [The Island of Doctor Moreau] Reference
She resembled a fine old wainscotted painting with the face and features shining through a thick incrustation of copal varnish. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827] Reference
It had shrunk by evaporation far away from its banks, and where the water once had been there was a dark incrustation of impurities. From Wordnik.com. [Out Around Rigel] Reference
I have shown specimens of this incrustation to several geologists, and they all thought that they were of volcanic or igneous origin!. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
The cold bath is much damaged, the wall only remaining of the alveus, which is square, the whole incrustation of marble being destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
For hollow parts with hard incrustation it is recommended to move the turning tool from the inside outwards when facing (see Fig. 17). From Wordnik.com. [5. Cylindrical turning and facing of simple cylindrical parts] Reference
It tastes strongly of iron, which flavours almost every spring in the country, yet the most likely places do not show this incrustation. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
The uncovered part had the appearance of a huge cylinder, caked over and its outline softened by a thick scaly dun-coloured incrustation. From Wordnik.com. [The War of the Worlds] Reference
The most reliable and positively uninjurious remedy for incrustations is his anti-incrustation powder -- in successful use for 12 years past. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
This incrustation becomes very serious sometimes, so much so as to almost entirely prevent the transmission of heat from the metal to the water. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
The old brass and iron tips are mostly superseded by those of "lava," being liable to an early change of the orifice from incrustation and rust. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.] Reference
Her sides were covered with fine dark shells, like an incrustation, to a depth of an inch, mingled with a short growth of a green, slimy sea-weed. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
Seuls les droits moraux peuvent pour l'instant être reconnus (incrustation d'un copyright sur les images, copyright moins évident pour les textes). From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
I examined some of an incrustation that was copiously deposited in the same locality, which was not white or frosty, but dark brown and a dirty green. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
Found the area abundantly supplied with palmellæ, Gemiasma rubra, verdans, and Protuberans lamella, even where there was no incrustation or green mould. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
It is said that an incrustation of only one-eighth inch will cause a loss of 25 per cent in efficiency, and this is probably within the truth in many cases. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
Root is above six inches in length, Dr.B. found the white incrustation; he secured the spores by exposing slides at night over the malarious soil resembling the Gemiasmas. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
On the other hand, the decrease in capacity and efficiency accompanying an increased incrustation of boilers in use has been too generally discussed to need repetition here. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
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