- Woulfe bottle
- Woulfe bottle Woulfe" bot`tle, n. (Chem.) A kind of wash bottle with two or three necks; -- so called after the inventor, Peter Woulfe, an English chemist. [1913 Webster]
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Woulfe bottle — n. Chem. a jar with more than one neck, used for passing a gas through a liquid etc. Etymology: P. Woulfe, Engl. chemist d. 1803 * * * Woulfe bottle /wŭlf botˈl/ noun A usu three necked bottle used for purifying gases or dissolving them in… … Useful english dictionary
Woulfe bottle — (woolf) [Peter Woulfe, English chemist, 1727–1803] see under bottle … Medical dictionary
Woulfe bottle — a three necked bottle used for washing gases or for saturating liquids with a gas … Medical dictionary
Woulfe's bottle — Woulfe s bottle, a bottle or jar with two or three necks, used especially in washing gases and saturating liquids with gases … Useful english dictionary
bottle — A container for liquids. Mariotte b. a stoppered b. with bottom outlet, used as a reservoir for constant infusions; air enters only by bubbling through a tube extending down through the stopper almost to the bottom; a partial vacuum thus supports … Medical dictionary
Woulfe — Peter, English chemist, 1727–1803. See W. bottle … Medical dictionary
Peter Woulfe — (1727 ndash; 1803) was an Irish chemist and mineralogist who first had the idea that wolframite might contain a previously undiscovered element.In 1779, Woulfe reported the formation of a yellow dye when indigo was treated with nitric acid. Later … Wikipedia
woulff bottle — ˈwu̇lf noun Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: alteration of Woulfe bottle, after Peter Woulfe died 1803 English chemist : a bottle or jar with two or three necks used in washing or absorbing gases … Useful english dictionary
Woulff bottle — wu̇lf n a bottle or jar with two or three necks used in washing or absorbing gases Woulfe Peter (1727 1803) British chemist. The Woulff bottle had been known to chemists before Woulfe s time, but the association of the bottle with Woulfe… … Medical dictionary
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