vapors

Like many people, I enjoy the moist aroma and sinus-soothing vapors from a pot of boiling water.

Archive 2008-03-01 The Nag 2008

… It monitors vapors from the skin and sends them to a modem for data collection.

Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Smart bracelet detects alcohol 2006

… It monitors vapors from the skin and sends them to a modem for data collection.

Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Smart bracelet detects alcohol 2006

Note 126: Locally distilled liquor, called moonshine by the twentieth century, was made with molasses, hops, and oats boiled in a pot from which a coiling tube extended; the coil was passed through cold water, causing the vapors from the boiling mixture to condense.

Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

Violent thunder-storms, with showers of rain and hail, are frequent accompaniments of volcanic eruptions everywhere; but owing to the coldness and dryness of the air into which the vapors from the Icelandic volcanoes ascend, their condensation is so sudden and violent that great quantities of electricity are developed.

The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire Charles Morris 1877

It drew out the sympathy of the wise and the good of other lands besides our own, as the morning sun draws vapors from the earth; and from that hour the breath of prayer has been burdened for him, until he reached the happy place where dangers no more cluster, where prayer is no more needed.

The Sin of Reviling, and Its Work 1865

“It’s unclear to me that making martyrs out of Cheney, Bybee, etc., in the eyes of the 30% dead enders and giving Beltway media types the vapors is actually the best way to deter future torturers rather than entrench torture as an option that “tough minded realists” will fight for in the face of political with hunts.”

Matthew Yglesias » The Yoo and Bybee Rulings 2010

It’s unclear to me that making martyrs out of Cheney, Bybee, etc., in the eyes of the 30% dead enders and giving Beltway media types the vapors is actually the best way to deter future torturers rather than entrench torture as an option that “tough minded realists” will fight for in the face of political with hunts.

Matthew Yglesias » The Yoo and Bybee Rulings 2010

Back in the days when women often came down with a mysterious malady called the vapors, a cup of chamomile tea was often prescribed to relieve female anxiety.

Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

Back in the days when women often came down with a mysterious malady called the vapors, a cup of chamomile tea was often prescribed to relieve female anxiety.

Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008