"Oxymuriatic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... substance, formerly called oxymuriatic acid. In its pure state, it is a gas of green color, (hence its name, from a Greek word signifying green.) Like oxygen, it supports the combustion of some inflammable substances. Chloride of lime in a compound of ...
— The American Woman's Home • Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe
... through heated air nearly three inches in length, and of a dazzling splendor. Several bodies which had not been fused before were fused by this flame.... Charcoal was made to evaporate, and plumbago appeared to fuse in vacuo. Charcoal was ignited to intense whiteness by it in oxymuriatic acid, and volatilized by it, but ...
— Artificial Light - Its Influence upon Civilization • M. Luckiesh |
