liver of sulphur

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noun

1. a mixture of potassium sulphides used as a fungicide and insecticide and in the treatment of skin diseases

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liver of sulphur

Soda soda Alkaline liver of sulphur with fixed mineral alkali.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier

Nitrous air is as much diminished both by iron filings, and also by liver of sulphur, when confined in quicksilver, as when it is exposed to water.

From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley

When the writing with this fluid is exposed to the vapour of liver of sulphur, it will become quite black.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown

Of these processes are the calcination of metals, a mixture of iron-filings and sulphur, liver of sulphur, the burning of phosphorus, and the effluvia of flowers.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Joseph Priestley

Ammoniac ammoniac Volatile liver of sulphur, smoaking liquor of Boyle.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier