† trisnitraten.
Chemistry. Obsolete.
Old name for a nitrate supposed to contain three equivalents of basic oxide and one equivalent of nitric anhydride (then called nitric acid). Cf. tris- comb. form 2a.
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Baldwin's phosphorusa1703
oxynitrate1809
trisnitrate1836
hyponitrite1846
trinitrate1868
1836 Pharmacopoeia Royal Coll. Physicians 217 Trisnitrate of Bismuth was formerly employed as a cosmetic under the name of magistery of Bismuth..represented to possess anti-spasmodic powers.
1850 C. G. B. Daubeny Introd. Atomic Theory (ed. 2) iii. 112 Trisnitrate of alumina [denotes] 1 of acid to 3 of the earth.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 252 Trisnitrate of bismuth.
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