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Definition of Blue copperas
1. Noun. Hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate.
Generic synonyms: Copper Sulfate, Copper Sulphate, Cupric Sulfate, Cupric Sulphate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Copperas
Literary usage of Blue copperas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Commercial Hand-book of Chemical Analysis; Or, Practical Instructions by Alphonse Normandy (1850)
"BLENDE.—See Zinc Ores. BLUE CARBONATE OF COPPER.—See Copper Ores. blue copperas.—See
Sulphate of Copper. BLUE VITRIOL—See Sulphate of Copper. BONBONS. ..."
2. American Agriculturist (1848)
"But the'most deadly fraud practiced in the manufacture of bread, consists in the
introduction of sulphate of copper (blue copperas), when the flour used is ..."
3. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"But our author, knowing the "cognation of [blue] copperas with copper," and
considering " the quantity of iron remaining after the conversion," justly ..."
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