How To Use Paraffin In A Sentence

He experimented by exposing paraffin wax to crushed Salvia leaves and found the solid wax readily adsorbed the volatile terpenes from the air.
He experimented by exposing paraffin wax to crushed Salvia leaves and found the solid wax readily adsorbed the volatile terpenes from the air.
In addition to the tyres, the shed also contained a number of 45-gallon drums of benzole, rubber solution and paraffin.
A wooden tank may be rendered capable of withstanding the effects of nitric or sulphuric acids by the following methods: -- Cover the inside with paraffin; go over the inside with a sadiron heated to the temperature used in ironing clothes. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889
Weak carbol fuchsin, neutral red or toluidin blue can also be used to stain the background if desired, after the removal of the paraffin in step 9. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.

These compounds are more reactive than paraffins or naphthenes and readily combine with other elements such as hydrogen, chlorine, and bromine. Hydrocarbon chemistry
The specimens were fixed overnight in neutral buffered 10% formalin and embedded in paraffin wax.
Most horticultural oils contain naphthene and paraffin compounds.
This means that an equivalent size beeswax candle will burn brighter, and for longer, than a paraffin wax one.
He also tried to make use of the by-products of oil, selling benzine, paraffin, and petroleum jelly, and at one point drawing up plans to convert sulfuric acid into fertilizer.
This marker stains follicle mantle cells in routinely fixed and decalcified paraffin-embedded tissues.
Use a pair of tongs and dip the string into the paraffin.
I'm taking a bit of a liberty here by omitting alcohols, ethers, and other oxygenated compounds, partly because, ethanol and MTBE notwithstanding, they still don't amount to a large fraction of the mix, and partly because their photochemistry is pretty close to that of paraffins, or ketones that don't photolyze, i.e. break up by the direct action of sunlight. Hot Buttered
Biopsy tissues were fixed in buffered formalin and processed routinely through paraffin wax, ensuring optimal orientation at the embedding stage.
With the mixture tests design, the interaction mechanism of borate, chlorinated paraffin and zinc dialkyldi thiophosphate (ZDDP) additives is studied.
Nineteen samples of various oils and oil blends, employed in the human diet, were analysed for the presence of phosphorated plasticizers and chloroparaffins.
Like pentane, paraffins are alkanes - hydrocarbon molecules that have as many hydrogen atoms as the molecule's carbon backbone can accommodate.
Butter has been stored and shipped in wooden barrels, casks, tubs, and eventually paraffin paper and parchment.
Mexican diesel is heavier, almost D3 - much more paraffin and sulphur, slightly higher BTU and cetane, but smokier and dirtier. Gasoline price in Mexico
A Some growers dip rose stems in paraffin wax to stop them drying out after being dug up for dispatch. The Sun
No, the biggest drawback was the fact that under the bonnet it had a paraffin stove. Times, Sunday Times
She combined the words craie, which is French for chalk, and ola, for oleaginous, because crayons are made from petroleum based paraffin. 120 Crayon Names, Color Codes and Fun Facts | Impact Lab
And all manis this week include a warm oiled stone massage and paraffin wax to deep moisturize those overworked hands, keeping them baby soft. Deep Throat Diva
The camp is the Stewart Granger Memorial Collection of 1940s safari tents, with no running water or electricity but with four-poster beds and mosquito nets and cambric sheets and bucket showers and paraffin lamps and butlers.
A native mineral paraffine, known as ozocerite, is mined in Utah and Galicia; it is used as an insulating material. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges
What you do is pour petrol or paraffin over yourself and then apply a match. The Sun
Hold it in place with elastic bands and smear with paraffin wax to seal the cuts. The Sun
Using a Ra-Be neutron source surrounded by a paraffin howitzer, a modest beam of thermalized neutrons was available for experimentation and, during my period at the Heights, this was directed towards a search for the expected paramagnetic scattering from certain materials. Clifford G. Shull - Autobiography
The fire blazed up when I added paraffin.
The branched-chain (isomer) paraffins are usually found in heavier fractions of crude oil and have higher octane numbers than normal paraffins. Hydrocarbon chemistry
The man placed a blanket over his shoulders and crossed to the sink to light a small paraffin stove under the kettle. A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990
He must light the fire in the coal cellar under the stairs, open the back door, then come up them very quickly and light the paraffine puddles on each step, then sit down here again and cut his throat. The History of Mr. Polly
The project will also result in increased production of medium waxes, mostly used for the candle industry in southern Africa, as well as liquid paraffins used in a variety of industrial applications. ANC Daily News Briefing
These are complex mixtures of paraffinic, aromatics and naphthenic hydrocarbon type molecules, ranging in carbon number from 14 to 40 +.
This means that an equivalent size beeswax candle will burn brighter, and for longer, than a paraffin wax one.
At the moment paraffin lamps are used that give off fumes, and the paraffin has to be paid for. Times, Sunday Times
The vegetative and propagative organs of Cymbidium sinense were studied by paraffin method and observed under scanning elect ron microscope.
The defendant's employees erected a tent over a manhole and surrounded the tent with paraffin lamps.
Methods A model for resection of sciatic nerve was used. L4-6 spinal cord was taken, and sectioned (paraffin embectling) and stained in brilliant cresyl violet.
Equipment must not be greased with liquid paraffin. The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food
Cintech offers nail technology services, which include manicures, pedicures, spa treatments and paraffin.
This engine, like other hybrids, uses nitrous oxide as liquid oxidizer, but uses paraffin rather than rubber as the engine's solid fuel.
Place each slide in a container of adequate depth and immerse the slide in liquid paraffin oil.
Whereas ester waxes are produced directly by living organisms, paraffin waxes consist of mixtures of high molecular weight hydrocarbons separated during the fractionation of petroleum.
The same effect can be sustained for longer by attaching a chicken wire cage to a chain, filling it with wire wool and dipping it in paraffin. Boing Boing: April 2, 2006 - April 8, 2006 Archives
Designed as a moisturizing cleanser, Albolene contains mineral oil, petrolatum, paraffin, ceresin and beta carotene.
Our front door gets squeaky now and again (door rubbing on beat-up aluminum doorsill) and I just rub the paraffin block on the doorsill and that fixes it immediately. shibathedog Use A Candle To Keep Doors And Windows From Sticking | Lifehacker Australia
That utilizing temperature log data to instruct thermal washing and paraffin removal operation in oil welt reduces the energy consumption obviously.
A Some growers dip rose stems in paraffin wax to stop them drying out after being dug up for dispatch. The Sun
Further timber was then heaped round the base, soaked in paraffin and then set alight.
They had routinely heated paraffin oil with a flashpoint of 175 degrees centigrade in its baking tins to stop pies sticking.
The fire blazed up when I added paraffin.
Among the dodgy remedies are cowpats to draw boils, liquid paraffin to ease constipation and vinegar for almost everything.
The suitcase contained chlorate of potash and paraffin wax, which was mixed with gelignite to form an explosive compound.
The sclerosed intrahepatic bile duct was removed from the paraffin tissue, deparaffinized, and imbedded in plastic for examination by electron microscopy.
Perhaps the old sordidity, the fog and the paraffin, and the drunken landlady, was not the only reality; ugliness is not the whole truth; there is an element of beauty in the world. The Common Reader, Second Series
Here, too, is that curious substance called paraffine, and some paraffine candles, made of paraffine obtained from the bogs of Ireland. The Chemical History of a Candle
Briefly, deparaffinized and rehydrated slides were sealed around the histologic section with double-faced tape.
This was a mixture of 50 per cent emulsifying ointment and 50 per cent liquid paraffin. Times, Sunday Times
This engine, like other hybrids, uses nitrous oxide as liquid oxidizer, but uses paraffin rather than rubber as the engine's solid fuel.
There is no endogenous peroxidase activity or nonspecific binding of the secondary antibody in the paraffin-embedded sections.
Electron microscopic examination performed from the paraffin-embedded tissue revealed desmosomal structures and thin, elongated, wavy, branching microvilli characteristic of mesothelial cells.
He lit a pool of paraffine on the scullery floor, and instantly The History of Mr. Polly
For DNA extraction, three 10 m sections were cut from paraffin blocks, dewaxed and dried in a vacuum.
Three bottles were filled with paraffin and the others with caustic soda. Times, Sunday Times
This includes screwdrivers, pliers, paraffin as a degreasing agent, brushes, cloths, matchsticks, light oils, scrubbing brush and washing up liquid.
Paraffin waxes are mixtures of high molecular weight alkanes, and therefore are not esters.
Moreover, it was known that ligation of the ducts of the pancreas, or their injection by oil or paraffin, is not followed by diabetes. John Macleod - Nobel Lecture
Pease, as done in paraffin, with creped hair and bright, shiny glass eyes. Europe Revised
The man placed a blanket over his shoulders and crossed to the sink to light a small paraffin stove under the kettle. A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990
In a preferred embodiment of the process of the present invention, the cycloparaffin is cyclohexane or cyclododecane.
He scarcely heard her soft voice going on about paraffin heaters and electrical wall fans.
Equipment must not be greased with liquid paraffin. The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food
Rather than using petrol and benzene as the fuel, these bombs use paraffin-based jet fuel.
The situation is as bad for the urban poor, who don't own cars but cook with paraffin, which is just has hard to get. ANC Daily News Briefing
The flame of the wick was blown down to touch the paraffin in the body of the lamp.
I once lost a year's crop of tender seedlings inside propagators sitting on top of a paraffin heater inside a greenhouse which had been lined with extra insulation.
For example, if the fragrance flashpoint is 130, with a normal paraffin, soy or beeswax candle, evaporation or flash-off is a factor. Archive 2007-10-01
He cleared out the coals from under the staircase, and built a neat fire of firewood and paper there, he splashed about paraffine and arranged the lamps and can even as he had designed, and made a fine inflammable pile of things in the little parlour behind the shop. The History of Mr. Polly
Treatment of tissue samples with the mineral oil/paraffin mixture and the 4 final impregnation steps were carried out in a large desiccator resting in a glycerin bath.
Polyethylene pellets, saturated with melted paraffin, then mixed with wet gypsum and compressed in sheet form, also yield production quality drywall.
Why is that inflammable liquids such as petrol, paraffin and others are sold and stored at these markets without due regard to safety regulations governing the handling of such substances?
Oils containing naphthene are less pesticidal and more likely to injure plants than paraffinic types.
We progress through days of calms, settling down into the sea's rhythm, sleeping on three-hour watches, ignoring the rasp of ropes in wooden blocks, the whistling kettle, the glow of the paraffin light in the saloon, or the biting cold.
In the first place you have the effect of light upon chlorophyl which is important; in the second place, the melted paraffin fills all interstices in which sap would collect and ferment. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919
These hydrocarbons are known to chemists as "paraffins, Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use
The distal portion of the cut nerve was placed over bipolar platinum electrodes and immersed in liquid paraffin warmed to 37 [degrees] C and contained in a bath that was formed by raising the skin flaps of the wound.
Hydrocarbons are divided into groups of which those of especial interest to geologists are the paraffin, cycloparaffin and aromatic groups.
We armed ourselves with axes, crowbars, jemmies, metal poles, sledge hammers, a quart of paraffin and box of matches.
The developmental differences of the flowers between male and female plants of Actinidia chinensis were observed with paraffin section and scanning electron microscope(SEM).
Just think about the pollutants crammed into the paraffin wax and the artificial scents you're filling your home with. Times, Sunday Times
Without heating or electricity, they cook on butane stoves, warm themselves with paraffin heaters and use candles and lamps for lighting.
They're very tough and soaked in paraffin, like English Barbour coats, so they're very water-repellent and won't snag on thorns.
A condenser is a form of Leyden jar, suitable for current electricity, and consists of layers of tinfoil separated from each other by sheets of paraffin paper, mica, or some other convenient insulator, and alternate foils are connected together. The Story of Electricity
Grease a mold or ovenproof dish with paraffin or stearin and bake for 21/2 hours. The Diary Of A Young Girl
The following have been used: Argyrol, 1 per cent watery solution; Silvol, 1 per cent watery solution; Iodoform, oil emulsion 10 per cent; Guaiacol, 10 per cent solution in paraffine oil; Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
She found a doctor who proposed injecting liquid paraffin into the bridge of her nose to make the line of her profile quite perfect. Times, Sunday Times
Many rural people, and those living in a semi-urban situation, had to find their fuel from coal, paraffin, and especially timber.
The first one involved usage of liquid paraffin for immersing nerves while dissecting and recording from them.
Based on the conventional paraffin sectioning method, the dynamics of polysaccharides during the ovular development in Tugarinovia mongolica was observed at the optical level .
The practice of mixing diesel with paraffin, which is duty-free, cost the government an estimated R300-million to R500-million a year in lost revenue, Ravele told reporters. ANC Daily News Briefing
He left his home with six bottles in his rucksack filled with paraffin, caustic soda and nails. Times, Sunday Times
Many microspheres in the lung could be observed in the paraffin section.
So with the long list of hydrocarbons -- gaseous, liquid, and solid -- called paraffins, that are obtained from petroleum and that are all composed of hydrogen and carbon, but with a different number of atoms of each, like a different number of a's or b's or c's in a word. The Breath of Life
The next and the most important derivative is the petroleum oil, used for burning in paraffin-lamps. The American Oil-Wells
Tissue, Array, Human Adult Normal, Brain II, Brain, Frontal lobe, Temporal lobe, Parietal lobe, Occipital lobe, Pons, Thalamus, Corpus callosum (Paraffin.
Tissue was fixed in ethanol and processed into paraffin blocks.
The forecastle was a wild litter of spilt food and paraffin, lamps, unwashed dishes, tins of food, petrol-cans, ropes, sails, and gear. What Happened to the Corbetts
As it gets dark, behind the windows partly blocked by sandbags, they light a paraffin lamp.
Paraffin tissue sections were placed on silane-coated slides, dewaxed, digested with proteinase K, and then hybridized to digoxigenin-labeled riboprobes.
She found a doctor who proposed injecting liquid paraffin into the bridge of her nose to make the line of her profile quite perfect. Times, Sunday Times
He directed the beam of ‘strange radiation’ at a piece of paraffin and observed that protons were ejected from the paraffin.
Entering his room, he lit the paraffin lamp on the table by the door and carried it over to the desk.
Hold it in place with elastic bands and smear with paraffin wax to seal the cuts. The Sun
He put his dizziness down to the heat before realising it was carbon monoxide from a paraffin stove. The Sun
By mixing vaseline with paraffin a soft wax may be made of any desired degree of softness, and by dissolving vaseline in kerosene an insulating liquid of any degree of viscidity may be obtained. On Laboratory Arts
The paraffin used in Walker's lamp had waxlike properties but was not a true wax like carnauba or beeswax.
Most candles contain paraffin, a petroleum-based wax that produces black soot when burned.
These are complex mixtures of paraffinic, aromatics and naphthenic hydrocarbon type molecules, ranging in carbon number from 14 to 40 +.
The contents of cycloparaffins were calculated gravimetrically in each separated fraction and also analyzed by mass spectrometry methods.
A type of hydrocarbon molecule that is saturated with single bonds and is formed by a straight chain similar to a paraffin but with a side chain.
All forms of heating and water boilers - gas coal, wood, solid fuel, paraffin and oil - can be dangerous.
Surviving crypts were defined as containing 10 or more adjacent chromophilic non-Paneth cells, a Paneth cell and lumen For immunohistochemical staining of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections, endogenous peroxidase activity was blocked for 30 min with methanol containing 0. 3% H PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
The flame of the wick was blown down to touch the paraffin in the body of the lamp.
If the paint or stain contains wax, stearates, silicones, paraffinic oils or similar materials, then there is a great risk that the caulk will not adhere very well to the coating.
Three bottles were filled with paraffin and the others with caustic soda. Times, Sunday Times
October 28th, 2009 at 3: 13 am seems like paraffin is generally accepted as non toxic it was used to seal preserves for years and i think it is the basis for the wax they put on most fruits and veggies at the big markets. is it totally harmless? probably not but seems like there are bigger concerns that the toxisity of parrafin. the flamability does seem like a potential issue but if it is sealed from O2 then that is proabaly not a concern either. Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » New LED Replacement for A-Type Lights
Tissue dehydration was accomplished by submerging samples in a series of ethanol: tertiary butyl alcohol, and embedding them in small blocks of solid paraffin.
Paraffin wax is purposely added to a mixture to create a surface bloom which acts as a barrier to sun-checking and oxidation.
There are three kinds of petroleum in use, namely those yielding on distillation: 1st, paraffin; 2nd, asphalt; 3rd, olefine. Steam, Its Generation and Use
Paraffin sections were dewaxed in xylene, rehydrated through a series of graded alcohols, placed in 10mM citrate buffer, and submitted to heat retrieval using a vapor lock for 40 minutes.
If, however, whole milk has been used in making the litmus milk the layer of cream that rises to the surface will be sufficient to ensure anaerobiosis; whilst if separated milk has been employed it will be sufficient to pour a layer of sterile vaseline or liquid paraffin on the surface of the fluid. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.
The paper discusses flame retardant chlorinated paraffin wax - 70 , its present state and the developing prospect.
Hold it in place with elastic bands and smear with paraffin wax to seal the cuts. The Sun
The man placed a blanket over his shoulders and crossed to the sink to light a small paraffin stove under the kettle. A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990
Such fuel price hikes spell doom for a poor villager who has to add a few more tambalas when buying paraffin.
“Whuff!” went the can of paraffine below, and boiled over with stinking white fire. The History of Mr. Polly
Secret of the Flashlight Bulb With the coil held snugly against the socket, and the bulb in place, dip the wire and base into melted paraffin, covering everything but the glass bulb.
These lung tissues were inflated by injection of 10% buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin wax.
A blue flame flickered silently in the gloom as the priming spirit burned until, with a roar, the paraffin vapour ignited. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
We armed ourselves with axes, crowbars, jemmies, metal poles, sledge hammers, a quart of paraffin and box of matches.
Eight randomly selected sites from each inflation-fixed right lung were embedded in paraffin, and sections were cut for hematoxylin and eosin staining.
Comparison with the peroxidase labelled antibody sandwich method using formalin fixed paraffin embedded material.
The effect of fruit-thinning on promoting the cell development of peel and pulp in wampee (Clausena lansium) was studied in view of cell morphology by paraffin section.
An empty birdcage hung from the ceiling beside a paraffin lamp. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
Ultrastructural examination of the paraffin-embedded tissue demonstrated long and thin interdigitating cytoplasmic processes and desmosomal cell junctions between adjacent cell processes.
Immunohistochemical studies were performed using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections of the cyst wall.
Characteristic branching ossification was identified in 7 of the 8 cases by radiographing the paraffin blocks or the wet tissue.
Surgical biopsies of paraffin-embedded lung tissue, if available, were reviewed by a lung pathologist.
Beeswax melts at a higher temperature than something like paraffin and you could actually give yourself some gnarly blisters this way.
Her life was frugal, her dresses "unambitious", her one seeming luxury a Valor stove with two paraffin wicks, which her adored son, David Garnett, had bought for her. Constance Garnett by Edna O'Brien
The three-year-old labrador, whose main duty is to sniff out fire accelerants like petrol or paraffin where arson is suspected, has impressed his bosses so much on his nine-month trial that he will become a full-time fixture.
The results showed that the wear rate of epoxy changed greatly under different conditions. The wear rate under paraffine sliding was 2 orders magnitude lower than that of under dry sliding.
‘I'm asthmatic and when I burn paraffin candles in my home, or get around smoke or perfumy scents, my airway closes down and I start to panic.’
The acrid odour of paraffin, winter-dead trees and hedges, and the strange warmth of a duffel coat.
Exposed surfaces of glass slides, especially the undersides, should be painted with paraffin wax before placing in the container.
Anatomic Pathology: tissue biopsies and second opinion of glass slide sections, including paraffin immunohistochemical stains. Hematopathology
Alkanes (sometimes called paraffins) have only single bonds, while alkenes (sometimes called olefins) have a carbon-carbon double bond, and alkynes have a carbon-carbon triple bond.
His bride lit the paraffin stove and spread a torn white cloth on the table. The Crossing-Place
In the net lofts along the ship canal they tar their seine twine with paraffin to protect against salt water.
An empty birdcage hung from the ceiling beside a paraffin lamp. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
The liver biopsy specimens were fixed in 10% neutral-buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin.
If it is decided to try and save animals suffering from infection by these parasites, they must be segregated, the scabs carefully cleaned from the infected areas and the denuded surfaces washed with 5 per cent. solution of Potassium persulphate (a few drops being allowed to run into the concha), or with a preparation containing equal parts of soft paraffin and vaseline with a few drops of lysol. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.
Among the many curious substances that wonderful fluid contains is the beautiful wax-like body called paraffine, the development of which chiefly owes its origin to the genius and energy of Mr. James Young. Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884
The man placed a blanket over his shoulders and crossed to the sink to light a small paraffin stove under the kettle. A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990
It was then warmed on a water-oven, kept in a vacuum desiccator over solid paraffin, and the weight estimated. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
What you do is pour petrol or paraffin over yourself and then apply a match. The Sun
Most candles contain paraffin, a petroleum-based wax that produces black soot when burned.
This feature may be easily observed with an ordinary induction coil by taking the primary out, plugging up the end of the tube upon which the secondary is wound, and filling it with some fairly transparent insulator, such as paraffine oil. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency
The charity also recommends checking all pipes are properly lagged, all electric fires are guarded, and paraffin heaters are out of draughts.
From tallow through beeswax to paraffin wax, candles have evolved quite as dramatically as the human kind.
Reek of paraffin oil and creosote Swabbing my lungs doctored me back Laid on a sack in the great-beamed engine-shed.
I felt the benefits for days and will be back for one of those paraffin treatments. Times, Sunday Times
I felt the benefits for days and will be back for one of those paraffin treatments. Times, Sunday Times
The paraffin-embedded specimen was serially sectioned until the full cross-sectional area of the specimen was believed to be exposed.
It used to have carving trolleys but they put the meat up there at 11 am so it was stone cold by lunch and it was overcooked by two o'clock because it was kept on paraffin heaters.
Thai doctors do not know what to do with her because she could not submit her past medical record and she cannot submit the tissue or paraffin wax of the tissue of the breast she cut off in Myanmar. Global Voices in English » Myanmar: New policy requires HIV groups to register
In early 1924, Blau attempted to observe recoil protons produced by alpha particles in paraffin. Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna
You have seen boxes of hard, smooth, white candles with the name paraffin marked on the cover. The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children
Manuel announced in February that paraffin, which is widely used by poor people for heating and lighting, would be zero-rated for VAT purposes, thereby cutting the fuel's price by about 40 cents a litre. ANC Daily News Briefing
The researchers thought that paraffin wax, which is made up of long straight molecules that don't react with much, might help line things up, while soap, a surfactant called oleic acid, might help the growing crystals disperse evenly. Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
The four-cylinder engine could develop 30 h.p. using paraffin as fuel, no doubt more on petrol, then not as easily available.
Tissue samples from the spleen were fixed in buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin.
In the oppressive heat I could taste the nauseating fumes of paraffin.
The fire blazed up when he added paraffin.
It's believed one of the fires was started using paraffin and other flammable materials stored in the shed.
He put his dizziness down to the heat before realising it was carbon monoxide from a paraffin stove. The Sun
Liquid paraffin is a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum.
Ingredients: One thing that I really like about Albolene better than any other makeup remover or moisturizer is that it only has five ingredients which include: mineral oil, petrolatum, paraffin, ceresin, and beta carotene. Epinions Recent Content for Home
Behind me the paraffine lamp flared hot and ruddy. The Island of Doctor Moreau
We had a paraffin lamp, and in the front room we had gas with a mantle. Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
We had a paraffin lamp, and in the front room we had gas with a mantle. Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
Leah has spent 50 years amassing her stock of electric, oil and paraffin-fuelled lights and stored most of them in a spare room at her home in Altrincham.
Clay flowerpots, glazed bowls, tin boxes, even paraffined cheese cartons can be used.
Specimens were placed in formalin, fixed overnight, stained with hematoxylin and eosin, embedded in paraffin, and cut with a microtome.
Most villagers use woodfire to cook meals, because they cannot afford the alternatives, electric stoves and paraffin.
Studies on the developmental anatomy of rhizome in Dioscorea zingiberensis C. H. Wright have been done with the paraffin method.
They are left a few millimetres thick and lapped flat or polished, using a lapping compound with paraffin oil lubricant.
His red fuel tanker can carry up to 4,400 gallons of paraffin. The Sun
Five-micrometer sections of paraffinembedded tissues were dewaxed, and antigen was retrieved by microwaving in 0.1M Tris buffer containing 0.15M sodium chloride and 0.1M potassium chloride at pH 7.4.

How To Use Paraffin In A Sentence

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