bichloride of mercury
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bichloride of mercury
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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He bought some bichloride of mercury tablets for an antiseptic footwash.
From Time Magazine Archive
Copious dressings of weak bichloride of mercury solution will then promote healing.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is small excuse for having bichloride of mercury tablets around the house nowadays as an antiseptic.
From Time Magazine Archive
His “anti-impetigines” was simply a solution of bichloride of mercury, colored.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
An orange-red colour may be obtained by the successive action of bichloride of mercury and iodide of potash, madder, and ammoniacal solutions of carmine.
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Bitmead, Richard
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