- 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.
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Woulfe's bottle
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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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
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Woulfe bottle — a three necked bottle used for washing gases or for saturating liquids with a gas … Medical dictionary
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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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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
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