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Definition of Arsonous
1. arson [adj] - See also: arson
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arsonous
Literary usage of Arsonous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscope: An Illustrated Monthly Designed to Popularize the Subject of (1892)
"... f — £ Boil an excess ot " arsonous acid (white arsenic) in water to make a
saturato^ solution : cool and filter. To 4 ozs. of this *olu(ioii add 4 ozs. ..."
2. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush, Edward Salisbury Dana (1885)
"... crystalline sublimate of arsonous acid. BB charcoal fuses and emits odors of
sulphur and arsenic ; by prolonged heating in OP, or with a in RF, ..."
3. Manual of Chemistry: A Guide to Lectures and Laboratory Work for Beginners by William Simon (1916)
"(For arsonous compound, use a solution of arsenous oxide made by dissolving 0.5
gram in 100 cc of hot ..."
4. Inorganic Chemistry: With the Elements of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry by John Iredelle Dillard Hinds (1905)
"An impure arsenate is prepared by boiling a mixture of arsonous oxid, sodium
hydroxid, and sodium nitrate. It is used in calico-printing for cleaning the ..."
5. Yale Sheffield Monthly by Yale University, Sheffield Scientific School (1912)
"All of us who were in college last year remember the usual, and somewhat time
honored, custom of the Freshmen in their arsonous attempt on the old wooden ..."
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