Definition of Ligroine

1. ligroin [n -S] - See also: ligroin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ligroine

lignophagia
lignosae
lignose
lignoses
lignosulfonate
lignosulfonates
lignotuber
lignotubers
lignous
lignum
lignum-vitae
lignum rhodium
lignum vitae
lignums
ligroin
ligroine (current term)
ligroines
ligroins
ligs
ligula
ligulae
ligular
ligularia
ligularias
ligulas
ligulate
ligulated
ligule
ligules
liguliflorous

Literary usage of Ligroine

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

1. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"The ligroine and sponge lamp, proposed some thirty years ago, has not come into general use. GAS LIGHTING. Burners for gas are constructed of iron, brass, ..."

2. Petroleum: Its History, Origin, Occurrence, Production, Physical and by William Theodore Brannt, Hans Höfer, Alexander Veith (1894)
"B-petroleum-naphtha (ligroine). Boiling point: 176° to 248° F. Density: 0.707 to 0.722. Use: For burning in lamps of special construction, ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1891)
"Long pearly needles slightly soluble in alcohol, ligroine and ether, easily soluble in water with violet fluorescence, turning green by the addition of ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1906)
"He next rolls it loosely in a single layer round small glass rods or tubes and places these in a flask of ligroine, where he leaves them for about twenty ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1906)
"He next rolls it loosely in a single layer round small glass rods or tubes and places these in a flask of ligroine, where he leaves them for about twenty ..."

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