lime sulphur
- a variation of lime sulfur.
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Sea water is composed of the same gases, with the addition of muriate of soda, magnesia, iron, lime, sulphur, copper, silex, potash, chlorine, iodine, bromine, ammonia, and silver.
From The Ocean and its Wonders by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Various reagents, including glass-gall, litharge, salt, iron filings, lead, "alkali", talc, argol, saltpetre, sal-ammoniac, alum, vitriol, lime, sulphur, antimony, aqua fortis, or scheidwasser, etc., are made use of.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
I have used both the wettable sulphur and lime sulphur, as shown here, without any injury to foliage.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Contact Sprays.—Four compounds are used as contact sprays in combating sucking insects, namely, lime sulphur, soaps such as whale oil soap, kerosene emulsion, and tobacco extract.
From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.
I see no reason, therefore, why iron, phosphate of lime, sulphur, should not be considered food for man, as much as guano or poudrette for vegetables.
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
