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† ˈprussite Chem. Obs.
[a. F. prussite, f. Prusse Prussia: see -ite1 4 b and Prussian a. 2.]
a. (a 1800) = Prussian alkali, potassium ferro-cyanide.
b. A sulpho-cyanate, as prussite of potash, KCyS. So † ˈprussous a., in prussous acid, early name for sulphocyanic acid (CN.HS).
1791Macie in Phil. Trans. LXXXI. 388 From this solution Prussite of Tartar..instantly threw down a very copious Prussian blue. 1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 428 Precipitation by Soda would answer better than by Prussite. 1809R. Porrett in Trans. Soc. Arts XXVII. 99 This liquor I have named..prussous acid, and its salts prussites, of which the liquid B contained one in solution, namely the prussite of potash. 1819J. G. Children Chem. Anal. 325 Sulphocyanic acid was discovered by Mr. Porrett in 1808..he first called it prussous acid. |