Glauber's salt
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Glauber's salt
1730–40; named after J. R. Glauber (1604–68), German chemist
Example Sentences
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Lately in northwestern North Dakota a party of Federal relief workers discovered deposits containing 20,000,000 tons of Glauber's salt, worth about $350,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
Glauber's salt is a natural sodium sulphate used in paper pulp and glass manufacturing.
From Time Magazine Archive
They may be administered in a drench by error in place of Glauber's salt, or they may be exposed within reach of cattle and thus be eaten.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
One may give 1 quart of raw linseed oil and follow it the next day with 1 pound of Glauber's salt dissolved in a quart of warm water.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Glauber's salt, then diazotised and develop with beta-naphthol.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin
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