alcogene (alkojen)

[ IMG:content-0473.png:[blocks in formation] Four speedy Cherubim Put to their mouths the sounding alchymy. alcohol trituration or sublimation, then to e ence, quinte ence, or spirit, esp. the rectified spirits of wine, and finally used as at present; at 60° F., and boiling at 173° F. It is inflammable, and burns without smoke or residue, the products of combustion being carbon dioxid and water. At very low temperatures it becomes viscid, but does not congeal above -200°, and for this reason is used for filling thermometers to register low temperatures. It mixes with water in all proportions, is a general solvent for organic principles, bases, resins, oils, etc., and as such has extensive use in the arts and in medicine. Different grades of alcohol are sometimes designated in trade according to the source from which they are derived, as grain - alcohol, prepared from maize or other grain; root - alcohol, from potatoes and beets; mo - alcohol, which is made in large quantity from reindeer mo and Iceland mo in Norway, Sweden, and Ru ia. Alcohol is a powerful stimulant and antiseptic, and in some dilute form is used as an intoxicating beverage among all races and conditions of people. Proof spirit contains 49.3 per cent. by weight of pure alcohol, or 57.1 per cent. by volume. Underproof and overproof are designations weaker and stronger solutions. Distilled liquors or ardent spirits, whisky, brandy, gin, etc., contain 40 to 50 per cent. of absolute alcohol, wines from 7 or 8 to 20, ale and porter from 5 to 7, and beer In popular usage any liquor containing this spirit.-3. In organic chem., the general name of a series of compounds which may be regarded as derived from the normal hydrocarbons by re 133