单词 | pyroligneous ether |
释义 | > as lemmaspyroligneous ether pyroligneous ether n. now historical = wood-spirit n. 2. ΚΠ 1822 P. Taylor in Philos. Mag. 31 Oct. 316 This spirit, which, from its greater resemblance to æther than to any other substance, I have called pyroligneous æther. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 336 Pyroligneous æther or wood naphtha,—a fluid quite distinct from mineral naphtha,..which is a simple hydrocarbon. 1948 J. R. Partington Short Hist. Chem. x. 233 Taylor had prepared ‘pyroligneous ether’ from it [sc. the distillate of wood], but the French chemists proved that is is an alcohol, to which they gave the name methyl alcohol. < as lemmas |
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