Wolcott's American Mixture.--Van Loan Quick.--This mixture was first formed and used by T. Wolcott & Johnson and gained great celebrity for its productions. I have now a bottle hermetically sealed that contains about a half ounce of this mixture prepared in 1841 by John Johnson, now a resident of this city, and the former partner of Mr. Wolcott. The preparation of this mixture, as furnished by Mr. Johnson himself, is given as follows:英文原著 · 《American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype》
Fire-damp, marsh-gas, or carburetted hydrogen, is colorless, almost scentless; it burns with a blue flame, and makes respiration impossible. The miner could not live in a place filled with this injurious gas, any more than one could live in a gasometer full of common gas. Moreover, fire-damp, as well as the latter, a mixture of inflammable gases, forms a detonating mixture as soon as the air unites with it in a proportion of eight, and perhaps even five to the hundred. When this mixture is lighted by any cause, there is an explosion, almost always followed by a frightful catastrophe.英文原著 · 《The Underground City》
Iodide of Lime is prepared by adding iodine to hydrate of lime (which will be referred to farther on) until the mixture assumes a light yellow shade, when wanted for combinations with accelerators, or to a dark brown when employed for the first coating. This latter mixture has been sold in our market under the name of "Iodide of Brome."英文原著 · 《American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype》
"Use.--A few drops say, 6 to 12, of this mixture, should be put into about 6 or 8 ounces of water; it will require frequent replenishing by the addition of a few more drops. The plate should be coated over the dry iodine to a red just bordering on a slate. and then exposed to the mixture only sufficiently long to change the color. If this is not done in less than six seconds it is not strong enough. Re-coat over the iodine full one fourth as long as first coating."英文原著 · 《American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype》
I set about surrounding myself with rosy cheeks. These cheeks grow pallid. I call for the aid of Science-- Science sends in her bill! "To the Mixture as Before," so much to "the Tonic," so much. The cheeks are rosy again. I pour forth the blessings of a father's heart; but there stands Science inexorable, with her bill, her items. I vainly point out that the mixture has played its part, the tonic has played ITS part; and that, in the nature of things, the transaction is ended. The bill is unappeasable.英文原著 · 《Old Friends》
He then proceeded to concoct a mixture whose recoil was the exact measure of his imagination. The imagination was only limited by the necessity of keeping the mixture harmless. Every hot, biting, nauseous horror in camp went into that pint measure.英文原著 · 《The Land of Footprints》
On Lock Up: Raw, they always spray the guards with a mixture of urine and feces, so-- Max, please, can we go one day without you mentioning that?美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
It's a mixture of calendula and honey cream. It'll dry that rash right up.美剧 · 《Friends》
My father believed that success is a mixture of preparation and luck.美剧 · 《House of Cards》
"As you know, Dede long believed she could communicate with animals so using a mixture of howls and barks, she convinced them to seek food elsewhere." Guess that wasn't it, let's see.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
Are what happens when a primordial mixture of hydrogen and helium are what happens when a primordial mixture of hydrogen and helium演讲 · 《Join the SETI search ~ Jill Tarter》