potass

American  

[pot-as] / ˈpɒtˌæs /

noun

1. potash.

2. potassium.

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Etymology

Origin of potass

1790–1800; < French potasse < Dutch potasch (now pronounced and spelled potas ) potash

Example Sentences

A few compilers of "Receipt Books," "Supplements to Pharmacopœias," and others, add to the lime "charcoal powder," "carbonate of potass," "starch," &c.; but what action have these materials—chemically—upon hair?

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

The composition for looking glass plates, is 60 lbs. of clean white sand, 25 lbs. of purified sub-carbonate of potass, 15 lbs. of nitrate of potass, and 7 lbs. of borate of soda.

From A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. by Unknown, Various

The ashes consist of potass, lime, alumina, and iron in the state of carbonates, sulphates, muriates, and phosphates, and a small portion of silica.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

If, however, a strong solution of potass be poured on to grain musk, ammonia is developed instead of the true musk smell.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

The bicarbonate of potass can be obtained from the druggist put up in powders of seven and a half grains, each ready for use.

From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)