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
As a digestive tonic the following is good: Glauber's salt, 2 pounds; common salt, 1 pound; baking soda, one-half pound.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
When the action of the bowels has been started it may be kept up by a daily dose of 2 or 3 ounces of Glauber's salt.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Treatment.—Give a purge of Glauber's salt and after it has operated give artificial Carlsbad salts in each feed, as advised under "Jaundice."
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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