pyrogallic
Americanadjective
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That the coloring properties of this dye are to be chiefly ascribed to the pyrogallic acid, which can be found by treating the mass with water, may be with certainty assumed.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
An aqueous 2 per cent. solution of this salt dissolves pyrogallic acid to a weak yellowish color, being distinguished from the more light brown solution of sulphite of soda and pyro.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 by Various
By means of a pipette drop about 1 c.c. of pyrogallic acid 10 per cent. aqueous solution on to the plug.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)
Pure water, 24 ounces; oxalic acid, 15 grains; pyrogallic acid, 1 ounce.
From Practical Mechanics for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough
I imagine the pyrogallic acid to possess a reducing influence on the salts of silver employed; but this effect is only produced by its combination with the hyposulphite of soda and chloride of silver.
From Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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