Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
adiathermic .
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The upper part of the chamber was fitted with a cover through which the combustible could be introduced, with a pipe for a gas jet, with a peep hole closed by adiathermanous but transparent substances, alum and glass, and with a branch leading to a thin copper coil surrounding the lower part of the chamber and descending below it.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. Various
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