| 单词 | german vitriol |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGerman vitriol German vitriol n. [after post-classical Latin vitriolum Germanicum (1558 or earlier)] now historical a mixture of iron and copper sulphates; (also) †concentrated sulphuric acid (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > salts named by atomic number > sulphates or sulphites > used in arts or medicine vitriolc1386 vitriola1425 German vitriol1576 the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > sulphur > [noun] > compounds > sulphates > of copperas copperasc1440 German vitriol1576 vitriolica1684 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iii. f.193 The learned Fallopio, and singuler practisioner Leonard Fiorauant, doe rather commend and preferre the Romaine, then the Germaine Vitriol [L. Fallop. Rom. Germanico præfert]. 1686 W. Harris tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. (ed. 2) i. xviii. 343 Putting into my Furnace a Retort whose two thirds were filled with German Vitriol dried,..I distilled first of all the Phlegm. 1751 J. Hill Hist. Materia Medica 139 They have mistaken for it the common blue green German Vitriol which contains Iron and Copper mixed. 1845 Mag. Sci. & School Arts 6 119/2 In the north of Germany it [sc. oil of vitriol] is extensively manufactured, and is often called German vitriol, or fuming acid of hordhausen. 1974 J. Needham Sci. & Civilisation China V. 246 It was almost certainly a mineral containing both copper and iron sulphates, something like what the +18th-century chemists called German vitriol. < as lemmas |
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