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Definition of Colcothars
1. colcothar [n] - See also: colcothar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colcothars
Literary usage of Colcothars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1853)
"... such as the diluted sulphuric or muriatic acid ; and it is polished bj colcothars."
CONTEMPT OF THE BANK. ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1853)
"... with tlie aid sometimes of a corrosive acid, such as the diluted sulphuric or
muriatic acid ; and it is polished by colcothars." CONTEMPT OF THE BAXK. ..."
3. Materials for a History of Oil Painting by Charles Lock Eastlake (1847)
"Indian red " may have comprehended, as now, the colcothars of vitriol, formerly
called " caput mortuum." Minium is found to have been generally used alone ..."
4. Archiv der Pharmazie und Berichte der Deutschen pharmazeutischen Gesellschaft by Deutschen Pharmazeutischen Gesellschaft (1855)
"... geeignet ist zur Gewinnung eines allen Bedingungen entsprechenden colcothars.
Die Darstellung des colcothars nach Vogel's Methode besteht in Folgendem ..."