Definition of Native sulphur

1. Noun. An old name for sulfur.

Exact synonyms: Brimstone, Native Sulfur
Generic synonyms: Atomic Number 16, S, Sulfur, Sulphur

Lexicographical Neighbors of Native Sulphur

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native orange
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native pear
native pomegranate
native protein
native resolution
native soil
native son
native sons
native speaker
native speakers
native species
native sulfur
native sulphur (current term)
native support
native wit
natively
nativeness
nativenesses
natives
nativisation
nativism
nativisms
nativist
nativistic
nativists
nativities
nativity

Literary usage of Native sulphur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Data of Geochemistry by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1908)
"native sulphur is a frequent companion of gypsum, and this, too, may be, produced in several ways. It is known as a volcanic sublimate, and is a product of ..."

2. The conservation of energy: Being an Elementary Treatise on Energy and Its Laws by Balfour Stewart (1874)
"The last variety of available energy of position in our list is that implied in native sulphur, native iron, &c. It has been remarked by Professor Tait, ..."

3. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics by Jonathan Pereira (1842)
"Sulphur is procured in two ways; by the purification of native sulphur, ... Purification of native sulphur.—In Sicily, from whence most of this substance is ..."

4. Treatise on General and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1912)
"... or mixed with gypsum and earthy matter ; the most abundant natural source (about 80 per cent, of all native sulphur) is in this last condition. ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1873)
"This large mass of native sulphur is more or less mingled with calcium carbonate, and underlain by gypsum. The circumstances connected with the occurrence ..."

6. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1884)
"DEM Extraction of native sulphur.—The deposits of native sulphur are of two kinds, those of recent volcanic origin and stratified formations, ..."

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