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Example sentences for "retort"

Lexicographically close words:
retiring; retold; retook; retorne; retorned; retorted; retorting; retorts; retouch; retouched
  1. The latter may be obtained by heating the “pure” acid of commerce in a retort until a portion of the distillate gives no indication of arsenic by the tests.

  2. Now transfer to a large retort provided with a tube-funnel and condenser, the end dipping into water in a well-cooled tubulated receiver, itself connected by a tube with a flask containing dilute potash solution.

  3. It is obvious that the residue in the retort may be tested for other metals.

  4. The remainder in the retort is then arsenic-free.

  5. The retort was placed over a lamp in order to be heated, and the receiver was surrounded by cold water.

  6. Accordingly the seeds from fifteen apples were bruised and put into a retort with some distilled water, and about an ounce of liquor was distilled off.

  7. I cannot retort on the senator the charge of being metaphysical.

  8. This act brought down upon him the disdainful retort from the others, "Art thou also a Galilean?

  9. The advice of Pilate and the retort of the Jews have been construed in two ways.

  10. Only Otto's personal liking for the young fellow kept him from a retort which might have brought on a quarrel.

  11. Jim added a western retort that roused the deserter to a livid fury.

  12. The boy's impatient exclamation and his comrade's retort about danger had occurred while they were in line in front of the lamp shack, waiting to get their safety-lamps before going down for the day shift.

  13. The next thing to do is to put this amalgam into a retort, out of which leads a long pipe, and to subject this retort to intense heat.

  14. To this intent, the organs to be analysed, together with their contents, are placed in a glass retort provided with a receiver, water added, and the mixture boiled.

  15. The solution is placed in a retort provided with a receiver and distilled until the residual fluid assumes a pasty consistence: the operation is then discontinued.

  16. The two acids are dissolved by shaking the moderately concentrated fluid remaining in the retort with ether, and, upon evaporating the solution, will be obtained in a state suitable for examination.

  17. The portion remaining in the retort is thrown on a filter and the filtrate obtained united with the distillate.

  18. The solution is next filtered, the filtrate placed in a retort provided with a receiver and distilled until the residual portion acquires a pasty consistency.

  19. The retort is then heated over a water-bath.

  20. The substances to be examined are mixed with water, if solids are present, and introduced into a retort provided with a delivery-tube which dips in a solution of nitrate of silver.

  21. What he says is of no matter, it is the twist he gives to it, the intonation, the personality he puts into his quip or retort or observation that delights his hearers, and in his case the ordinary rules do not apply.

  22. I thought with myself how I could retort for his young son: "What has he done to be used like this?

  23. Do not tell me that my figure is untrue, for that the sun never sinks into the grave, else I will retort that it is just as true of the sun as of a man; for that no man sinks into the grave.

  24. Thus did Chichibio by his ready and jocund retort arrest impending evil, and make his peace with his master.

  25. Monna Nonna de' Pulci by a ready retort silences the scarce seemly jesting of the Bishop of Florence.

  26. My retort to that hireling pack shall be at once to dispose of a picture.

  27. They increase with the heat of the retort and with the weight of the charge.

  28. In this position the temperature indicated shortly after charging the retort was 1110° Fahr.

  29. It could have been no one else," retort I, hastily.

  30. When the temperature of the contents of retort reaches 296° Fahr.

  31. It is placed in a retort or oven, and heated to a red heat until the blue flame has passed off, and the flame become red.

  32. When the ether ceases to pass over, the hot water in the retort is filtered, which deposits benzoic acid on cooling.

  33. To my amazement he made no retort whatever, but turned and scuttled hastily down the avenue, disappearing in the crowds that were doing their evening marketing.

  34. You may yield to the charms of the daughter," replied Vivian, "but I warn you that if you seek to retort her conquests upon her you will have antagonists, and our friend Belfort here would not be the least among them.

  35. To tell them that the eye of their creator watches them from the skies is to bring only a retort that the great god has as many eyes as the stars--and sees through all of them at once!

  36. This retort of Yahn was met with half frightened giggles by the other women.

  37. But the retort caught Don Ruy, and he held the lad by the shoulder and laughed.

  38. I have very often regarded with pleasure the brightly glowing sparks which are produced in a retort by heat alone, during the reduction of metallic calces, when only a very little coal dust is mixed along with it.

  39. I proceeded with the distillation until the boiling in the retort ceased, and the nitre was about to force its way through the softened retort.

  40. When the acid had gone into fusion, and glowed brightly, it began to boil; during this ebullition arsenic rose into the neck and the bladder became expanded; I continued with this heat as long as the retort would hold out.

  41. I placed some of this fixed acid of arsenic in a small retort with a bladder attached, for distillation.

  42. I then placed the other part of this precipitate over the fire in a small glass retort to which I had fastened an empty bladder.

  43. I put an ounce of purified nitre into a glass retort for distillation and made use of a bladder, moistened and emptied of air, in place of a receiver (Fig.

  44. I took a glass retort which was capable of holding 8 ounces of water, and distilled fuming acid of nitre according to the usual method.

  45. Even before the retort was red hot the acid of nitre separated from the magnesia, and that in blood-red vapours; and at the same moment the bladder began to expand.

  46. Whence comes it that such nitre maintained in red-hot fusion in a glass retort for half an hour, becomes moist in open air and deliquesces after cooling, and still does not show any trace of alkali?

  47. I then placed this calx of silver in a small glass retort on the open fire for reduction, and fastened an empty bladder to the neck.

  48. If this phlogisticated acid of nitre is mixed with aerial acid, which is the case when the acid of the nitre is extracted over sugar, I tie a bladder, softened with some water, to the extreme end of the neck of the retort A (Fig.

  49. I distilled this mixture from a small retort on the open fire.

  50. As soon as the retort became red hot the bladder became expanded, and at the same time the reduced mercury rose into the neck.

  51. How clear, how manifest does the explanation of this phenomenon not become when one is satisfied that in this case fire-air is present in the retort in its greatest purity, and the zinc is in red hot fusion?

  52. I may properly prevent the escape of the air it is necessary to scratch the neck of the retort somewhat at this place with a flint.

  53. Lady, with a most retort and obtuse leg, I kiss the curled locks of your loose hair.

  54. In truth, if he were retort and obtuse, no question he would be merry; but, and please my genius, I will be most retort and obtuse ere night.

  55. As I am a true knight, will't not be most retort and obtuse, ha?

  56. I scorn to retort the obtuse jest of a fool.

  57. O, these that have no sap of retort and obtuse wit in them: faugh!

  58. I will make him come, most retort and obtuse, to you presently.

  59. I resisted the obvious retort and made an excuse to get home to my uncle.

  60. He was preparing an explosive retort when one of the drawing-room windows opened, and Sonia came toward us.

  61. Another mode consists in distilling the powder in a retort with water, and collecting the sulphur and sulphuretted hydrogen gas, and then separating the charcoal, &c.

  62. The gas, as it proceeds from the retort or gas bottle, is brought in contact with, and passes through, the fluid.

  63. The mercury distills off and the gold is left in the retort ready for refining.

  64. Retort carbon and coke are used to make electric light carbons and battery plates, while lampblack is used for indelible inks, printer's ink, and black varnishes.

  65. The materials are placed in a retort arranged as shown in Fig.

  66. Sodium nitrate and sulphuric acid are heated in the iron retort A.

  67. The great bulk of the carbon remains behind as coke and retort carbon.

  68. This is called retort carbon and is quite pure.

  69. The end of the retort just touches the surface of the water in the test tube.

  70. In the preparation of large quantities of oxygen, a copper retort (Fig.

  71. The leg of an old pair of pantaloons makes a good retort to run a sceptre into while not in use.

  72. Kitty was about to make a saucy retort when Billy piped up.

  73. She was about to make a pert retort when she reminded herself that he, too, was in the service, even though she disliked him personally.

  74. Cynics have been found in plenty to rail at physicians for loving their fees; and one might justly retort on the Cynics, that they love nothing but their fees.

  75. I might retort as Marius did to the Roman Patricians [Footnote 21: Come Mario disse ai patriti Romani.

  76. If sea water is distilled under a retort it becomes of the first excellence and any one who has a little stove in his kitchen can, with the same wood as he cooks with, distil a great quantity of water if the retort is a large one.

  77. The salt remaining in the retort weighed 92.


  78. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "retort" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
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