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Definition of Cupellations
1. cupellation [n] - See also: cupellation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cupellations
Literary usage of Cupellations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell (1868)
"This has occasioned many persons to endeavour to form small furnaces, where one
or two cupellations may be carried on with the smallest possible quantity of ..."
2. The Chemical Gazette, Or, Journal of Practical Chemistry, in All Its by William Francis, Henry Croft (1856)
"The following are the mean of the foregoing results : — Four cupellations, ...
but a far larger number of cupellations are requisite to determine with ..."
3. The Chemical Gazette (1856)
"10-67 Four cupellations, each made with 1 gr., gave ...... 12*25 TABLE II.
The weight of the silver employed in each of the following experiments was 5 grs. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"The second result is to emphasize the difficulty of carrying on several sets of
cupellations under even approximately the same conditions. ..."
5. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1912)
"Examples of cupellations of lead bullion carried on at the works of the Kendall Gold
... Details of five cupellations are given in the accompanying table. ..."
6. A Manual of Practical Assaying by Howard Van Fleet Furman (1908)
"Even in the case of quite impure bullion, provided the cupellations are started
Iwt and as soon as the lead begins to drive well, ..."
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