Definition of Asphalts

1. Verb. (third-person singular of asphalt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Asphalts

1. asphalt [v] - See also: asphalt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asphalts

asphalt
asphalt concrete
asphalt emulsion
asphalt jungle
asphalt shingle
asphalte
asphalted
asphaltene
asphaltenes
asphaltenic
asphaltic
asphalting
asphaltite
asphaltites
asphaltlike
asphalts (current term)
asphaltum
asphaltums
asphaltus
asphenc lens
asphere
aspheres
aspheric
aspheric lens
aspherical
asphericities
asphericity
asphodel
asphodels
asphyctic

Literary usage of Asphalts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"This is typified by the numerous deposits of impure native asphalts and ... Many native asphalts carry small percentages of iron and aluminum, ..."

2. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"Production of Native asphalts Main Sources of Supply of Native asphalts. Statistics relative to the world's production of native asphalts are not so ..."

3. Gasoline and Other Motor Fuels by Carleton Ellis, Joseph V. Meigs (1921)
"Nevertheless, with the past condition of natural resources as regards supplies of petroleum, there has been little need or incentive to turn to asphalts as ..."

4. Street Pavements and Paving Materials: A Manual of City Pavements: the by George William Tillson (1900)
"To quote further: " I have been asked whether it would not be possible to recalculate the many analyses especially of crude asphalts made during the last ..."

5. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"The individual crude asphalts of particular interest in highway engineering are treated in the following paragraphs under names by which they are commonly ..."

6. Industrial Organic Chemistry: Adapted for the Use of Manufacturers, Chemists by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1912)
"Within recent years artificial asphalts have been made by a variety of methods. As already mentioned, the California petroleums all seem to have an ..."

7. Specifications for Street Roadway Pavements: With Instructions to Inspectors by Samuel Whinery (1913)
"Crude asphalts as obtained from the mines or natural deposits shall be properly ... Crude asphalts of the quality commonly called "glance pitch" or "iron ..."

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