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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting an acid, a colorless compound, , prepared by the action of alcoholic ammonium sulphite on 1-nitronaphthalene. It crystallizes in small needles, blackens without melting, and is also called 1, 4-aminonaphthalene-sulphonic acid.

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