Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Liquid air

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Liquid air


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A transparent limpid liquid, slightly blue in color, consisting of a mixture of liquefied oxygen and nitrogen. It is prepared by subjecting air to great pressure and then cooling it by its own expansion to a temperature below the boiling point of its constituents (N -194 C; O -183 C.).