Definition of Rochelle salts

1. Noun. A double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic.

Exact synonyms: Potassium Sodium Tartrate, Rochelle Salt
Generic synonyms: Double Salt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rochelle Salts

Roccellaceae
Rocco
Rocco Marciano
Roccus
Roccus saxatilis
Rocephin
Rochalimaea
Rochambeau
Rochdale
Roche
Roche limit
Roche limits
Rochelle
Rochelle powder
Rochelle salt
Rochelle salts (current term)
Rocher's sign
Rochester
Rochon prism
Rock
Rock Cornish
Rock Cornish hen
Rock Island
Rock Paper Scissors
Rock Springs
Rock fever
Rock of Gibraltar
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Republican
Rockefellers

Literary usage of Rochelle salts

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

1. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1897)
"The plaintiff, believing the drug to be Rochelle salts, dissolved two ... The drag so administered by plaintiff was not Rochelle salts, but a drug ..."

2. The North American Arithmetic by Frederick Emerson (1851)
"Compute the duty on 4 casks of Rochelle salts, invoiced at $ 10 per cwt.; gross weight of 1st cask 1 cwt. ..."

3. The North American Arithmetic by Frederick Emerson (1847)
"... casks of Rochelle salts, invoiced at $ 10 per cwt.; gross weight of 1st cask 1 cwt. 2qr. 12lb.; 2d. Icwt. 1 qr. 17lb.; 3d. 2 cwt. 3qr. 7lb.- 4th. 4 cwt. ..."

4. Laboratory Physics: A Students Manual for Colleges and Scientific Schools by Dayton Clarence Miller (1903)
"(b) Make a half-silvered mirror by the Rochelle-Salts process. 198. Brashear's Process for Silvering Glass. — Mirrors for optical experiments are often made ..."

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