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meaning "small gl****", as
those crystals resembled small pieces of colored gl****.
Oil of vitriol was an old name for
concentrated sulfuric acid,
which was historically...
- acid (Commonwealth spelling),
known in
antiquity as
oil of vitriol, is a
mineral acid
composed of the
elements sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen, with the...
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cobalt sulfate.
Sweet vitriol –
diethyl ether. It
could be made by
mixing oil of vitriol with
spirit of wine and
heating it.
White vitriol – zinc sulfate, formed...
-
known as
oil of vitriol) – and
noted some
of its
medicinal properties. At
about the same time,
Paracelsus discovered the
analgesic properties of the molecule...
- and as a
constituent of iron gall ink. The
preparation of sulfuric acid ('
oil of vitriol') by the
distillation of green vitriol (iron(II) sulfate) has...
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vitriol attack, or vitriolage, is a form
of violent ****ault
involving the act
of throwing acid or a
similarly corrosive substance onto the body
of another...
- the ship was
carrying a
badly stowed cargo of oil of vitriol, and that most
of the crew
perished because of the
poisonous fumes escaping from
broken containers...
- use
of oil of vitriol (sulfuric acid) to
bleach black hair to
chestnut is
described as: "Take one part
of lead
calcined with Sulphur, and one part
of quicklime:...
- left over from the
production of aqua
fortis (nitric acid, HNO3) from
nitre (pot****ium nitrate, KNO3) and
oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid, H2SO4) via Glauber's...
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named Pope
Alexander VI, and his
mistress become addicted to
sweet oil of vitriol (a 16th-century name for
diethyl ether). Delusions, paranoia, and hallucinations...