Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A basic sulphate, or one in which the sulphuric-acid radical is partly replaced by oxygen or hydroxyl, as mercuric subsulphate or oxysulphate, Hg3O2(SO4).
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- noun (Chem.) A sulphate with an excess of the base.
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- noun chemistry A
sulphate with anexcess of thebase .
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Examples
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Two or three grains of the subsulphate of iron may be employed in suppositories, and one of these may be introduced three times daily.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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Or _Queen's Yellow_, is a subsulphate of mercury, of a beautiful lemon yellow colour, but so liable to change by the action of light or impure air, that it cannot be used safely, and hardly deserves attention as a pigment.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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Antimonic acid 2 parts, subsulphate of iron 1 part, flux No. 1, 10 parts; melt and pour out.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young
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An ointment, containing sixty grains of iron subsulphate to the ounce of lard (or, if there is much itching, an ointment consisting of orthoform, thirty grains, with one-half ounce of lard), will prove of value.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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The subsulphate of iron may be increased a little, the proportions of flux vary.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young
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The following treatment has been found very effectual in membranous croup, and is recommended by the highest authorities: Yellow subsulphate of mercury, or turpeth mineral, three to five grains, depending upon the age of the child, for one dose.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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It is a siliciferous subsulphate of alumina and potash, a compact feldspar, with the addition of sulphuric acid completely formed in it.
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These waters, in contact with carbonate of lime, even give rise to the deposits of subsulphate of alumina (destitute of potash), found near Halle, and formerly believed erroneously to be pure alumina belonging, like the porcelain earth (kaolin) of Morl, to porphyry of red sandstone.
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These waters, in contact with carbonate of lime, even give rise to the deposits of subsulphate of alumina (destitute of potash), found near
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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It is a siliciferous subsulphate of alumina and potash, a compact feldspar, with the addition of sulphuric acid completely formed in it.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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