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receiver
receiver 1 : an officer charged with receiving tax payments or returns and other related duties (as the maintenance of tax rolls) 2 : a person appointed by the court to hold in trust and administer property in litigation ;esp : one appointed to administer, conserve, rehabilitate, or liquidate the assets of an insolvent corporation for the protection or relief of creditors compare conservator, liquidator ...
Hydropneumatic
Pertaining to or depending upon both liquid and gaseous substances as hydropneumatic apparatus for collecting gases over water or other liquids...
Baumeacute
Designating or conforming to either of the scales used by the French chemist Antoine Baumeacute in the graduation of his hydrometers of or relating to Baumeacutes scales or hydrometers There are two Baumeacute hydrometers One which is used with liquids heavier than water sinks to 0deg in pure water and to 15deg in a 15 per cent salt solution the other for liquids lighter than water sinks to 0deg in a 10 per cent salt solution and to 10deg in pure water In both cases the graduation based on the distance between these fundamental points is continued along the stem as far as desired...
Bucking
The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching also the liquid used...
Burette
An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock...
Brose
Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal esp oatmeal and stirring it It is called beef brose water brose etc according to the name of the liquid beef broth hot water etc used...
Colorimeter
An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything especially of a liquid by comparison with a standard liquid...
Gasogen
An apparatus for the generation of gases or for impregnating a liquid with a gas or a gas with a volatile liquid...
Ebullition
A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor...
Emulsion
Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk as a In pharmacy an extract of seeds or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance b In photography a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver used in the photographic process...
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