distillation

How To Use distillation In A Sentence

• Large deposits of frothy reddish-brown pyrolignic acid, or “wood vinegar,” as the men called it, had also been found, indicating, as Roebling said, “that a destructive distillation of wood had been going on.” The Great Bridge
• This distillation is a rigorous expression of the particular knowledge that has been found most relevant. Archive 2007-07-01
• To them is due the discovery of antimony, sulphuric ether and phosphorus, the cupellation of gold and silver, the determining of the properties of saltpetre and its use in gunpowder, and the discovery of the distillation of essential oils. The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities
• Indeed, before entering the first of two main spaces devoted to the exhibit, you encounter five 1968 lithographs inspired by the poet Pablo Neruda's epic work, "Canto General," an all-embracing distillation of Latin American history, geography and culture. Siqueiros in Unfamiliar Terrain
• This time the objects have undergone a process of distillation into primal forms. The Times Literary Supplement
• A verse play was to be the distillation of this journey.
• Liquid-vapour phase diagrams at constant pressure are of crucial importance in the study of distillation.
• The drink was the same fiery distillation that was known as claret, sherry, brandy, rum, whisky, or whatever else a role might call for. Hokas Pokas
• Little did these early distillers know that ethyl alcohol and water form a mixture called an azeotrope which cannot be purified past a certain point by traditional distillation methods.
• On subsequent distillation crude acetone passes over, and may be purified by conversion into the bisulphite compound. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise