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Pyrogallic   Listen
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Pyrogallic  adj.  (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid called pyrogallol. See Pyrogallol.






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"Pyrogallic" Quotes from Famous Books



... the protonitrate of iron, as also the protosulphate, and not seldom the pyrogallic, so difficult of application, that I have stained and spoiled very good pictures. I have therefore used, and with perfect success, a tray of gutta percha a little longer than the glass (say one-fourth of an inch), and one-fourth of an inch deep; sliding ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 • Various

... in an oven for fifteen hours, the drawn-out point was brought under an inverted jar filled with mercury and the point broken off. A portion of the gas escaped and was collected in the jar. For 25 cc. of this gas we found, after absorption by potash 20.6, and after absorption by pyrogallic acid, 17.3. Taking into account the volume which remained free in the flask, which held 315 cc., there was a total absorption of 14.5 cc. (0.83 cub. in.) of oxygen. [Footnote: It may be useful for the non-scientific reader to put it thus: ...
— The Harvard Classics Volume 38 - Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) • Various



Words linked to "Pyrogallic" :   pyrogallic acid, pyrogallol



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