"Permanganate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... occurred with the seedlings described and figured by Asa Gray,* the cotyledons are lifted up above the ground. The petioles are clothed with root-hairs like those on a true radicle, and they likewise resemble radicles in becoming brown when immersed in a solution of permanganate of potassium. Our seeds were subjected to a high temperature, and in the course of three or four days the petioles penetrated the soil perpendicularly to a depth of from 2 to 2 inches; and not until then did the true radicle begin to grow. In one specimen which was closely observed, ...
— The Power of Movement in Plants • Charles Darwin
... that character," Hilda said, "to suggest that if you will go about such people, a little carbolic disinfectant is a good thing, or a crystal or two of permanganate of potash in your bath. ...
— The Path of a Star • Mrs. Everard Cotes (AKA Sara Jeannette Duncan)
... permanganate of potash yields with baryta-water a violet mixture, which afterwards becomes colourless, and deposits a blue precipitate. This retains its colour after washing and drying, but cannot be recommended as a pigment, being ...
— Field's Chromatography - or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists • George Field |
