单词 | alkaligen |
释义 | alkaligenn. Chemistry. Now historical. Originally: (A. F. de Fourcroy's name for) nitrogen. Later: a supposed essential component of alkalis. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > nitrogen > [noun] alkaligen1788 azote1791 nitrogen1791 septon1795 N1814 1788 J. St. John tr. L. B. Guyton de Morveau et al. Method Chym. Nomencl. 26 It appears to deserve the appellation of alkaligen, as was proposed by Mr. de Fourcroy. 1798 Crit. Rev. 23 435 Dr. Dickson..gives judicious reasons for not adopting azote, nitrogene, or alkaligene. 1806 Philadelphia Med. Mus. 2 58 The other substance entering into the composition of hydrogene, is what I shall denominate alkaligene or the base of alkalies of every kind. 1855 Chemist 3 460 The knowledge and sagacity of Davy induced that distinguished man to seek for an alkaligen (or generator of alkali) at that..pole of the voltaic battery, where Nicholson and Carlisle had recently found hydrogen (generator of water). This alkaligen was the metal of the alkali. 1992 D. Knight Humphry Davy (1998) v. 66 In the notebook he remarked of the alkaligen, ‘the substance is analogous to those..imagined to exist by the..alchemical visionaries.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1788 |
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