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GAY-LUSSAC'S TOWER

Specialty Definition: GAY-LUSSAC'S TOWER

DomainDefinition

Mining

In sulfuric acid making, a tower filled with pieces of coke over which concentrated sulfuric acid trickles down. On meeting gas issuing from the lead chambers, the coke absorbs nitrous anhydride, which otherwise wouldbe lost. CF:Glover's tower. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: GAY-LUSSAC'S TOWER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-a-a-c-e-g-l-o-r-s-s-s-t-u-w-y"

-5 letters: cataloguers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: GAY-LUSSAC'S TOWER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 41 59 2D 4C 55 53 53 41 43 27 53      54 4F 57 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01000001 01011001 00101101 01001100 01010101 01010011 01010011 01000001 01000011 00100111 01010011 00100000 01010100 01001111 01010111 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#65 &#89 &#45 &#76 &#85 &#83 &#83 &#65 &#67 &#39 &#83 &#32 &#84 &#79 &#87 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0041 0059 002D 004C 0055 0053 0053 0041 0043 0027 0053      0054 004F 0057 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4135591546555353353795325449573952

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