ˈsand-heat
[sand n.2]
Heat applied by means of heated sand; also = sand-bath 1.
| 1610 B. Jonson Alch. ii. iii, I meane to tinct C. in sand-heat, to morrow, And giue him imbibition. 1677 W. Harris tr. Lemery's Course Chem. 317 You may distil the Spirit on a Sand-heat. 1746 R. James Moufet's Health's Impr. Introd. 42 By a Sand-heat, gradually increased, it yields first a..Liquor,..then a white volatile Salt. 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. (1862) III. 13 By evaporating the solution..to dryness by a strong sand heat. |