Nordhausen
[nawrt-hou-zuh n]
- a city in central Germany: site of a former Nazi concentration camp.
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Nordhausen acid is so called from the place of its manufacture in Saxony.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
It is thus that the acid known under the name of Nordhausen acid is made.
The Mysterious IslandJules Verne
I had breakfast set for us; we sat down, and I listened for several hours to the curious stories of old Augustine of Nordhausen.
Wanderings in Corsica, Vol. 1 of 2Ferdinand Gregorovius
He obtained it, as the Nordhausen variety is still made, by the distillation of dried green vitriol.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)John William Draper
From Nordhausen to this point the country is ugly, and the inevitable pine-tree forests have reappeared.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.2/3, 1836-1840Duchesse De Dino