Acheson, a graduate of the Edison laboratories. Acheson, in 1891, was trying to make artificial diamonds and produced instead the more useful carborundum, as well as the Acheson graphite, which at once found its place in industry. Another valuable product of the electric furnace was the calcium carbide first produced in 1892 by Thomas L. Wilson of Spray, North Carolina. This calcium carbide is the basis of acetylene gas, a powerful illuminant, and it is widely used in metallurgy, for welding and other purposes.英文原著 · 《The Age of Invention》
Is the iodine dry? If the impressions come out blue, you may rest assured it is not. Take out the iodine, wipe and dry the box, and dry the calcium.英文原著 · 《American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype》
"All right," said "Beelzebub." "I like the way you take it. I despise histrionics; so you will please prepare yourself for the facts without any red fire, calcium or grace notes on the saxophone.英文原著 · 《Cabbages and Kings》
But first we will let Analysis tell us what chalk is made of, as far as he knows. He will say--Chalk is carbonate of lime. But what is carbonate of lime made of? Lime and carbonic acid. And what is lime? The oxide of a certain metal, called calcium. What do you mean? That quicklime is a certain metal mixed with oxygen gas; and slacked lime is the same, mixed with water.英文原著 · 《Madam How and Lady Why》
Then he tried, each in turn, some oxalic, cyanic, acetic, phosphoric, chloric, hyperchloric, sulphuric, boracic, silicic, nitric, formic, nitrous nitric, and carbonic acids. Peterkin tasted each, and said the flavor was pleasant, but not precisely that of coffee. So then he tried a little calcium, aluminum, barium, and strontium, a little clear bitumen, and a half of a third of a sixteenth of a grain of arsenic. This gave rather a pretty color; but still Mrs.英文原著 · 《The Peterkin Papers》
Agamemnon was summoned in. Peterkin was entertaining the uncles and aunts in the front parlor. Agamemnon wished there was time to study up something about electric lights. If they could only have a calcium light! Solomon John's candle sputtered and went out.英文原著 · 《The Peterkin Papers》
I have thrown back a lot of orange juice with calcium though.美剧 · 《Friends》
No, it's a human treat, and it's shaped like a bone because it's full of calcium.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
- So, what do I do? - I'm gonna put you on calcium supplements, and I'm gonna have you come back in about three weeks.美剧 · 《Sillicon Valley》
I also bought scented soaps, pantyhose, midol, Calcium chews and what is apparently a yogurt Specifically designed to regulate the female bowel.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
Stopped blood coagulating by removing the calcium necessary for clot formation. stopped blood coagulating by removing the calcium necessary for clot formation.演讲 · 《How do blood transfusions work ~ Bill Schutt》