Meanings
- not comparableNot capable of being vitrified.
Macquer found the purest gypsum invitrifiable by solar heat ; that of Monmartre seemed to yield , but probably was not pure. Even the heat excited by pure air , if continued long enough to dissipate the acid , cannot vitrify it
1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy
Origin
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