单词 | epsom salt |
释义 | > as lemmasEpsom salt Epsom salt n. (also Epsom salts (colloquial)) originally the salt (chiefly composed of magnesium sulphate) obtained from Epsom water; subsequently a common name for magnesium sulphate however prepared. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > epsomite Epsom salt1770 Seidlitz salt1784 Epsom1803 epsomite1814 kieserite1862 1770 G. von Engeström & E. M. da Costa tr. A. F. Cronstedt Ess. Syst. Mineral. 137 This may be called English or Epsom salt. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 240 First artificially obtained in England in 1675, from the evaporation of the water of the Epsom spring; whence it was named Epsom salt. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xv. 282 The manufacture of magnesia and Epsom salts. < as lemmas |
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