green vitriol
Americannoun
noun
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The mineral changed so rapidly to green vitriol that enough of this poisonous compound was washed into the ground to kill the roots of the surrounding grass.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
It is sometimes called oil of vitriol, since it was formerly made by distilling a substance called green vitriol.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
It is a question whether the common Prussian blue obtained by oxidizing the precipitate yielded by green vitriol and the yellow prussiate is not in reality this variety.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
This compound can be made by treating an acid solution of green vitriol with an oxidizing agent.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
If green vitriol be dehydrated and powdered, it is white.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
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