Literary notes about Crucible (AI summary)
The term "crucible" assumes multiple layers of meaning in literature. In some works, it is presented as the literal container used for high-temperature metal fusion, as noted by its meticulous operational details in chemical processes ([1], [2], [3]). In a distinct yet equally profound vein, authors employ "crucible" as a metaphor for rigorous testing and transformation—depicting moments of trial that refine and reveal the essential character of individuals or ideas ([4], [5], [6]). Moreover, the vivid imagery associated with the crucible, where intense heat symbolizes both physical and emotional metamorphosis, further deepens its symbolic role in narratives ([7], [8]).
- To the moisture still left in it must be attributed its boiling when it begins to melt in the crucible.
— from Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. by Pierre Joseph Macquer - The normal potassic antimoniate may be obtained by heating, in an earthen crucible, 1 part of metallic antimony with 4 parts of nitrate of potash.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson - He succeeded by heating the metal with powdered coal in a crucible which had previously been manufactured from clay suitable for the purpose.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne - A crucible into which destiny casts a man, whenever it desires a scoundrel or a demi-god.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - But nothing but hosannah is not enough for life, the hosannah must be tried in the crucible of doubt and so on, in the same style.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - During the next half-century and more, my race must continue passing through the severe American crucible.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington - I’ll get a crucible, and into it, and dissolve myself down to one small, compendious vertebra.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville - The sea was as a crucible of molten gold, that bubblingly leaps with light and heat.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville
