Meanings
- obsoleteuncountablechemistryA poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating barium sulfate.
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1839 John White Webster - A Manual of Chemistry: Containing the Principal Facts of the Science, in the Order in which They... and the Bolognian phosphorus, discovered by Vincenzo Cascariolo, a shoemaker of Bologna, is made by reducing compact sulphate of baryta to a fine powder, which is formed into cakes with mucilage, and these are heated to redness.
Synonyms: Bologna phosphorus, Bononian phosphorus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating barium sulfate.
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