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Definition of Sublimes
1. sublime [v] - See also: sublime
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sublimes
Literary usage of Sublimes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1839)
"... but when quickly heated it sublimes unchanged. Iodine and Mercury form two
compounds, and they maybe formed in two modes: first, by the mere trituration ..."
2. The Works of Tobias Smollett by Tobias George Smollett, William Ernest Henley (1899)
"CHAPTER XVII He is concerned in a dangerous Adventure with a certain Gardener—sublimes
his Ideas, commences Gallant, and becomes acquainted with Miss Emily ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"It sublimes unchanged but very slowly at 100°/ 1-2 mm. (Ghosh, JCS Abstr. 1917,
112, (i.) SO). It is very soluble in water, almost insoluble in cold ..."
4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1866)
"... alcohol und ether ; crystallises from alcohol in needles baring a faint yellow
colour and golden lustre ; melts at about 205°, and sublimes in needles. ..."
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