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Definition of Flasks
1. flask [n] - See also: flask
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flasks
Literary usage of Flasks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"The gross product for 1866 was 30029 flasks. The other quicksilver mines in
California did not average 1000 flasks per month in 1866. ..."
2. Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories West of the by United States Dept. of the Treasury, Rossiter Worthington Raymond (1874)
"The Manhattan mine, spoken of above as having produced 021 flasks, ... flasks.
The mine shut down in June, 1873, and is now in the bankrupt court. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"The production of California was 23231 flasks, against 23.938 flasks in 1917, a
decrease of 707 flasks. As usual of late years, the New Idria mine, ..."
4. A System of Instruction in Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius, Samuel William Johnson (1871)
"Measuring flasks. Fig. 2 represents a measuring flask of the most practical and
convenient form. Measuring flasks of various sizes are sold in the shops, ..."
5. Micro-organisms and Fermentation by Alfred Peter Carlslund Jørgensen, Alfred Jörgensen, Alexander Kenneth Miller, A. E. Lennholm (1900)
"Pasteur's flasks satisfy this demand in the highest degree.1 The ... Although
CHEVREUL was thus the first to indicate the principle of these flasks, ..."
6. Turning and Mechanical Manipulation: Intended as a Work of General Reference by Charles Holtzapffel (1846)
"IRON-FOUNDERS' flasks, AND SAND MOULDS. THE process of moulding works in sand is
essentially the same both for brass and iron castings ; but the very great ..."
7. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1906)
"One-half litre quantities of sterile distilled water, in sterile glass flasks,
were used in the eight series. Each series consisted of two flasks of sterile ..."
8. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"The gross product for 1866 was 80029 flasks. The other quicksilver mines in
California did not average 1000 flasks per month in 1866. ..."
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