† wismuthn.
Obsolete.
= Bismuth.
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tin-glassa1558
wismuth1650
white antimony1664
bismuth1668
Bi1814
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. xi. 238/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I A mettall..the verie same which Encelius calleth Plumbum cinereum, the Germans wisemute, mithan, & counterfeie.]
1650 J. French tr. G. Dorn Chymicall Dict. in tr. M. Sędziwój New Light of Alchymie Wismodt is [printed in] Tin that is foule and immalleable, and cannot be wrought upon.
1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 168 Common copper makes a sea-green; Wismut common blew.
1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 83 Wismuth forms a slight precipitate in the nitrous solution of arsenic.
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