| 单词 | mephitic acid |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmephitic acid mephitic acid n. Chemistry (now historical) carbon dioxide; carbonic acid. ΚΠ 1775 W. Bewly in J. Priestley Exper. & Observ. Air II. App. i. 339 The Mephitic Acid, as I shall already venture to call it. 1790 W. Nicholson tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Elements Nat. Hist. & Chem. (new ed.) I. 342 We give the name of the carbonic acid to an acid..which appearing often in the state of an aeriform fluid, was at first called by the English fixed air; afterwards by Messrs Bewly and de Morveau the mephitic acid. 1962 M. P. Crosland Hist. Stud. Lang. Chem. iv. 161 His [sc. Guyton's] idea of the relative unimportance of ‘mephitic acid’, however, led to the inconsistency of the expression cuivre méphitisé, instead of méphite de cuivre. < as lemmas |
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