单词 | stick phosphorus |
释义 | > as lemmasstick phosphorus stick phosphorus n. Chemistry (now chiefly historical) white phosphorus shaped into sticks and stored in water to prevent reaction with the air. ΚΠ 1734 Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 55 He [sc. Sigismund August Frobenius] then shewed a very extraordinary Process with Phosphorus glacialis Urinæ, or Stick Phosphorus, of Mr. Ambrose Godfrey Hanckewitz. 1849 D. Campbell Pract. Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. 21 The sixth part of an inch of stick phosphorus. 1997 J. A. Lukas Big Trouble vii. 297 According to the confession, George Pettibone manufactured a particularly potent explosive concocted of stick phosphorus, bisulfide of carbon, alcohol, benzine, and spirits of turpentine. < as lemmas |
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