单词 | alkali works |
释义 | > as lemmasalkali works alkali works n. (also †alkali work) a factory where alkali is produced, esp. one where sodium carbonate is prepared from common salt. ΚΠ 1782 Act 22 Geo. III c. 39 in Statutes at Large (1786) IX. 227 The Officer attending at such Alkali Work or Works, at the Time the Salt..shall be brought in to be there used. 1845 Times 12 Sept. 12/1 (advt.) The Oldbury Alkali Work, near Birmingham. 1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 205 The vitriol chambers form part of the plant of the alkali works. 1968 News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Mich.) 2 Apr. 18/8 Allied Chemical Corp. of New York..plans to discontinue its operations at its alkali works in Detroit. 2000 J. Z. Fullmer Young Humphry Davy 123 He had..by 1798, a partnership in a Tyneside alkali works. < as lemmas |
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