oleum
Americannoun
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Origin of oleum
1900–05; < Latin: oil
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Both methyl chloride, which can be used to make rubber, and oleum, a type of sulfuric acid, were accidentally released into the atmosphere.
From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2011
In addition, the new State-aided enterprise at Huddersfield was largely diverted to explosives production, and rendered very valuable services in the supply of Tetryl, T.N.T., synthetic phenol, picric acid, and oleum.
From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Lefebure, Victor
Twelve ounces were alone available, and it was a yellowish oil, quite bright, about the consistence of oleum olivæ, devoid of smell, and free from the viscid qualities of castor oil.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 by Various
The oleum terrae, or earth oil, used chiefly as a preservative against the destructive ravages of the white-ants, is collected at Ipu and elsewhere.*
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William
R. L. S. This-yer refers to an ori-nasal respirator for the inhalation of pine-wood oil, oleum pini sylvestris.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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