Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume ICooley, Arnold James
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Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Cooley, Arnold James
Formulas, recipes, etc.; Industrial arts -- Dictionaries; Technology -- Dictionaries
=AE′′RIAL= (ā-ēre′-e-ăl). Belonging to the air or atmosphere; produced by,
consisting of, depending on, or partaking of the nature of the air.
AERIFICA′TION (ā-ĕr-e-). _Syn._ AËRIFICA′TIO, L.; AÉRIFICATION,
GAZÉIFICATION, Fr. In _chemistry_, the conversion of a body into gas.
=A′ERIFORM= (ā′-ĕr-). _Syn._ AËRIFORM′IS, L.; AÉRIFORME, GAZÉIFORME, Fr.
LUFTFORMIG, &c., Ger. In _chemistry_, air-like, gaseous.
=AEROL′OGY.= _Syn._ AËROLO′GIA, L.; AÉROLOGIE, Fr., Ger. In _physics_, a
discourse or treatise of the air. In _physiology_ and _hygiène_, the
doctrine of the air, more especially with regard to its salubrity and
action on organised beings.
=AEROM′ETER.= _Syn._ AËROME′TRUM, L.; AÉROMÈTRE, Fr. An instrument used in
aërometry.
=AEROM′ETRY=. _Syn._ AËROME′TRIA, L.; AÉROMÉTRIE, Fr.; LUFTMESSKUNST, &c.,
Ger. In _chemistry_ and _physics_, the art of measuring gases, and of
determining their densities.
=AERONAUT′ICS.= _Syn._ AÉRONAUTIQUE, Fr. The art of sailing in, or of
navigating the air. See BALLOONS.
=AEROPHO′BIA.= [L.] _Syn._ AÉROPHOBIE, Fr. In _pathology_, a dread of air
(wind); a common symptom in hydrophobia, and occasionally present in
hysteria and phrenitis.
=AEROSTAT′ICS.= _Syn._ AÉROSTAT′ICA, L.; AÉROSTATIQUE, Fr. That branch of
pneumatics which treats of air, and other elastic fluids, in a state of
rest.
=AEROSTA′TION.= [Eng., Fr.] _Syn._ AËROSTA′TIO, L. The art of weighing the
air; aërial suspension and navigation. See BALLOONS.
=ÆRU′GO= (ē-). [L.] The rust of brass, bronze, or copper; verdigris.
=ÆSCULIN.= C_{21}H_{24}O_{13}. A crystalline fluorescent substance
existing in the bark of the horse-chestnut (_æsculus hippocastanum_) and
of other trees of the genera _Æsculus_ and _Paria_. In the above-named
sources Æsculin is associated with another fluorescent body called Pariin.
=Æ′′THER.= See ETHER.
=ÆITHE′′REA= (-thēré-). [L. pl.] Ethers.
=ÆSTHET′ICS= (ēz-). _Syn._ ÆSTHET′ICA, L. Medicines or agents which affect
sensation. See ANÆSTHETICS and HYPERÆSTHETICS.
=ÆTHIOPS.= See ETHIOPS.
=AFFEC′TION.= [Eng., Fr.] _Syn._ AFFEC′TIO, L. In _pathology_, a term
nearly synonymous with disease.
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