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Definition of Mosaic gold
1. Noun. A yellow pigment sometimes suspended in lacquer.
Definition of Mosaic gold
1. Noun. Powdered stannic sulfide (SnS2) used as a pigment in gilding ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mosaic Gold
Literary usage of Mosaic gold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"THE manufacture of mosaic gold (sublimed stannic sulfid) by the sublimation ...
It is often possible to obtain the mosaic gold by subliming the precipitated ..."
2. The Painter, Gilder, and Varnisher's Companion: Containing Rules and (1867)
"... in melting the wax, the vinegar becomes so concentrated as to corrode the
surface, and make it appear speckled. mosaic gold. mosaic gold, or Aurum ..."
3. Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry: A Course of Laboratory and Classroom Study by Arthur Alphonzo Blanchard, Joseph Warren Phelan (1922)
"It is used as a bronzing powder, and is known under the name of mosaic gold.
In physical properties it is very different from the stannic sulphide which can ..."
4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"A pale-yellow mosaic gold is produced by heating 60 parts crystalline ...
mosaic gold is insoluble in nitric and hydrochloric acids, but dissolves in aqua ..."
5. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1806)
"We shall now proceed to the changes effected in mosaic gold by potash, Mosaic
Cold and ... Liquid potash, assisted by heat, quietly dissolves mosaic gold, ..."
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