Lexicographical Neighbors of Mofette
Literary usage of Mofette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The word is used frequently in the plural as mofette, or, following the French
... The volcanic vents yielding the émanations arc themselves called mofette. ..."
2. A History of Chemical Theories and Laws by Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir (1906)
"By adding to this mofette atmospherique a volume of pure air equal to that absorbed
by the burning phosphorus, he obtained ordinary air. ..."
3. A German Science Reader: With Notes and vocabulary by William Henry Wait (1907)
"mofette,/., mofette, mephitic gas. mögen (mochte, gemocht), v., may, like, be able.
möglich, a., possible. möglichst, ad., as possible. ..."
4. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1829)
"Ha- milton-f- gives us several examples, particularly of mofette appearing in
spots where they had not been before known. In the excavations of Pompeii they ..."
5. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1829)
"Ha- milton-f- gives us several examples, particularly of mofette appearing in
spots where they had not been before known. In the excavations of Pompeii they ..."
6. New Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia and Posology by G.H. Jahr (1842)
"... it produces the most dreadful accidents, and generally death. MEPHITIS PUTORIUS,
Viverra putorius; Fr., Putois mofette, Putois ou mofette d'Amerique, ..."
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