'Sal microcosmicum' definitions:

Definition of 'Sal microcosmicum'

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  • Sal \Sal\ (s[a^]l), n. [L. See Salt.] (Chem. & Pharm.) Salt. [1913 Webster]
  • Sal absinthii [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia Absinthium}).
  • Sal acetosellae [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
  • Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See Alembroth.
  • Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste, obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent, and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of ammonia}.
  • Sal catharticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
  • Sal culinarius [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium chloride.
  • Sal Cyrenaicus. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above.
  • Sal de duobus, Sal duplicatum [NL.] (Old Chem.), potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one alkaline.
  • Sal diureticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
  • Sal enixum [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
  • Sal gemmae [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
  • Sal Jovis [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride; -- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
  • Sal Martis [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
  • Sal microcosmicum [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt, under Microcosmic.
  • Sal plumbi [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
  • Sal prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st Prunella.
  • Sal Saturni [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
  • Sal sedativus [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric acid.
  • Sal Seignette [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.), Rochelle salt.
  • Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium.
  • Sal vitrioli [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc sulphate.
  • Sal volatile. [NL.] (a) (Chem.) See Sal ammoniac, above. (b) Spirits of ammonia. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'sal microcosmicum'

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  • Microcosmic \Mi`cro*cos"mic\, Microcosmical \Mi`cro*cos"mic*al\, a. [Cf. F. microcosmique.] Of or pertaining to the microcosm. [1913 Webster]
  • Microcosmic salt (Chem.), a white crystalline substance obtained by mixing solutions of sodium phosphate and ammonium phosphate, and also called hydric-sodic-ammonic-phosphate. It is a powerful flux, and is used as a substitute for borax as a blowpipe reagent in testing for the metallic oxides. Originally obtained by the alchemists from human urine, and called sal microcosmicum. [1913 Webster]