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
Neutral salts, as Glauber's salt, vitriolated tartar, sea-water, magnesia alba, soap.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Glauber's salt, then rinse and fix in a fresh boiling bath with 1 lb. bichromate of potash, 3 lb. sulphate of copper and 2 lb. acetic acid.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin
Glauber's salt, then diazotise and develop by passing for twenty minutes in a boiling bath of soda.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin
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