green vitriol
Americannoun
noun
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Besides the preceding, there is a Basic Prussian Blue, formed by simply submitting to the air the bluish-white precipitate which falls on adding yellow prussiate of potash to green vitriol.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
Ferrous sulphate, green vitriol, or copperas, FeSO4 + 7 H2O, is the source of what acid?
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
This compound can be made by treating an acid solution of green vitriol with an oxidizing agent.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
For long, green vitriol was confused with blue vitriol, which generally occurs as an impurity in crude green vitriol.
From Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought by Redgrove, H. Stanley (Herbert Stanley)
Take powdered galls one pound, powdered green vitriol half a pound, powdered gum 4 ounces, mix all together, put it up into 2 ounce packages, each of which will make a pint if ink.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
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