"Inodorous" Quotes from Famous Books
... to fibrine. This is an insipid and inodorous substance, having somewhat the appearance of fine white threads adhering together; it is the essential constituent of muscles or flesh, in which it is mixed with and softened by gelatine. It is insoluble both in water and alcohol, but sulphuric acid converts it into ... — Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 • Jane Marcet
... dear Mr. Kenyon. I would propitiate your indulgence for me by a libation of your own eau de Cologne poured out at your feet! It is excellent eau de Cologne, and you are very kind to me, but, notwithstanding all, there is a foreboding within me that my 'conventicleisms' will be inodorous in your nostrils. ... — The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) • Frederic G. Kenyon
... and all this without inconvenience. To this must be added the strict analogy between the use of the perspirable matter and the mucous fluids, which are poured for similar purposes upon all the internal membranes of the body; and besides its being in its natural state inodorous; which is not so with the other excretions of ... — Zoonomia, Vol. II - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin |