exfiltration

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The sulphurous acid formed is neutralized with lime, which is rendered insoluble and practically all removed in subsequent filtrations.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

They do not contain, like the steppes of Southern Asia, and the deserts of Persia, those lakes without issue, or rivers which lose themselves in the sand or in subterraneous filtrations.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. by Various

They adopted what Madison called "the policy of refining popular appointments by successive filtrations."

From The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy by Smith, J. Allen (James Allen)

The pump is only used in exceptional cases; nearly all the filtrations required by the assayer can be made without it.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

They have not, like the steppes of southern Asia, and the deserts of Persia, those lakes without issue, those small systems of rivers which lose themselves either in the sands, or by subterranean filtrations.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von