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Bell jar   /bɛl dʒɑr/   Listen
Bell jar

noun
1.
A bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases.  Synonym: bell glass.






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"Bell jar" Quotes from Famous Books



... anhydrous sulphates of iron, &c., which are not readily dissolved when afterwards diluted. The use of sulphuric acid in assaying is (for these reasons) to be avoided. Its chief use is as a drying agent, since it has a strong affinity for water. Air under a bell jar may be kept dry by means of a basin of sulphuric acid, and gases bubbled through it are ...
— A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. • Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer



Words linked to "Bell jar" :   protective cover, protective covering, protection



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