Lexicographical Neighbors of Naphthous
Literary usage of Naphthous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Sir Robert Christison, Bart. by Robert Christison (1885)
"But it is much less elastic, and cannot be recovered from its naphthous or ethereal
solutions ... I obtained from it by distillation, first a naphthous ..."
2. Annual Report of the State Board of Health of New York by New York (State). Board of Health (1883)
"The terrible results of explosion of the naphthous vapors given off from petroleum
and other illuminating fluids had come to be a subject of legislative ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"When rubbed together, they emit the peculiar 'naphthous' odor which characterizes
the South-Carolina phosphates. I collected and weighed the loose specimens ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1870)
"... naphthous odor. This property is, as a rule, the more decided the denser the
modules, and is in direct proportion to the amount of organic matter ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1896)
"This odor is described by some as " fishy," by others as " bituminous " or "
naphthous," as it resembles in some degree the odor of crude petroleum. ..."
6. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1870)
"Shep- ard, of Amherst College, Ma<s., says: — The phosphatic nodules and masses
generally give on friction of their fresh surfaces a peculiar naphthous odor ..."
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