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• a variation of hyposulfite.

hyposulphite

British  

/ ˌhaɪpəˈsʌlfaɪt /

noun

1. Often shortened to: hypo.  another name for sodium thiosulphate, esp when used as a photographic fixer

2. another name for dithionite

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Example Sentences

Here I had the advantage of having published my use of hyposulphite of soda, which Mr. Hodgson made for me in 1837, when London did not contain an ounce of it for sale.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

Native ultramarine consists of silica, alumina, sulphur, and soda; its colouring matter seeming to be due to hyposulphite of soda and sulphide of sodium.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

I imagine the pyrogallic acid to possess a reducing influence on the salts of silver employed; but this effect is only produced by its combination with the hyposulphite of soda and chloride of silver.

From Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

These masks have an absorbent composed of hyposulphite of sodium or of 72 per cent of the nitrous thiosulphate and 28 per cent of bicarbonate of soda.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)

The wool might also be previously mordanted with 15�lb. hyposulphite of soda, and 5�lb. sulphuric acid at the boil for one and a half hours, when it will give a bright shade of emerald green.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin