"Iron oxide" Quotes from Famous Books
... a chemist named Goldschmidt, of Essen, Germany. It is a compound of iron oxide, such as comes off a blacksmith's anvil or the rolls of a rolling-mill, and powdered metallic aluminum. You could thrust a red-hot bar into it without setting it off, but when you light a little magnesium powder and drop it on thermit, a combustion is started that quickly reaches fifty-four ... — The Silent Bullet • Arthur B. Reeve
... conglomerate next the diabase is indurated, its iron oxide is driven off, and the limestone ... — History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia • James W. Head |