The night air was keen and sharp, but perfectly calm, and I felt myself awakened to the highest degree, almost as if my senses were volatilised by the still and ice-cold air.
"The Man-Wolf and Other Tales"
Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian
Another defect of the process lies in sulphur being volatilised in the free form, and settling upon the wool causes it to turn yellow, and this yellow colour cannot be got rid of.
"The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics"
Franklin Beech
They may even be volatilised into glowing meteoric vapour; but in time this heat is dissipated, and the force of gravity condenses a meteoritic swarm into a single globe.
"Is Mars Habitable?"
Alfred Russel Wallace