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Definition of Kettles
1. kettle [n] - See also: kettle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kettles
Literary usage of Kettles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1868)
"ARTICLE I. The Two kettles band of Dakota or Sioux Indians rep- . Authority and
resented in council, hereby acknowledge themselves to be subject to the ..."
2. Waterproofing Engineering for Engineers, Architects, Builders, Roofers and by Joseph Ross (1919)
"Precautions should always be taken against fire in the heating kettles, and if
one starts water must not be used to extinguish it. As the temperature of the ..."
3. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"Calcining in kettles.—The favorite process in the United States, particularly in
the plaster-plants of the Middle West, is that in which the calcination is ..."
4. The Metallurgy of Lead and the Desilverization of Base Bullion by Heinrich Oscar Hofman (1899)
"With many kettles the support of the rim consists of a circular iron ... The place
from which the kettles are fired is seen in the front elevation (Fig. ..."
5. Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Property by John Chipman Gray (1905)
"B}- this agreement, Titus was to put in the kettles, half the cost of which was
included in the purchase price, finish the salt ..."
6. A Complete Treatise on the Electro-deposition of Metals: Comprising Electro by Georg Langbein (1909)
"The kettles and boiling-pans used for the purpose are of various shapes, ...
The enamel of the iron kettles must be of a composition which is not attacked ..."
7. American Soaps: A Complete Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap, with Special by Henry Gathmann (1893)
"In regard to soap kettles there are a great many variations, ... AH kettles heated
In Europe the kettles or "pans" are still in many instances by steam. ..."
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