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Formalin   Listen
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Formalin  n.  (Chem.) An aqueous solution of formaldehyde, used as a preservative in museums and as a disinfectant.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Formalin" Quotes from Famous Books



... we had immense difficulty with the developing. One cannot count on water cooler than 75 F., and at that temperature the films come out well, but in the beginning many plates were spoiled. For the photographer in the tropics the use of formalin is an absolute necessity. He must also face other difficulties, avoiding among other things the possibility of having his films, when drying, eaten by small ...
— Through Central Borneo: - An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters - Between the Years 1913 and 1917 • Carl Lumholtz

... yet. Perhaps antitoxin; I don't know; perhaps formalin later. Truly, Mr. Carden, this case has taken on a graver, a more intimate significance since I have learned who you are. I would have worked hard to save any life; I shall put my very heart and soul into my work to save you, who have done so ...
— The Tracer of Lost Persons • Robert W. Chambers



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