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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Nitroglycerin
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(n.) A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called glycerin nitrate. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of glonion.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nitroglycerin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/n/nitroglycerin.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nitroglycerin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/n/nitroglycerin.html. 1828.
