white vitriol
noun
another name for zinc sulphate
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How to use white vitriol in a sentence
Dissolve in the filtrate some white vitriol of the size of a pea.
At the same time use the following injection: Sulphate of zinc (white vitriol), two drams; sugar of lead, two drams.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information | AnonymousThe blue vitriol is a sulphate of copper, and the white vitriol a sulphate of zinc.
white vitriol six grains dissolved in one ounce of water; a drop or two to be put between the eyelids twice a day.
Zoonomia, Vol. II | Erasmus DarwinIt is worked up partly into metallic zinc, and partly into the sulphate of zinc, or white vitriol.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
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