MacNeil was using milk of magnesia, which is the hydroxide, for 'gastric acidity'. From Wordnik.com. [Cum Grano Salis] Reference
Magnesium oxide, sometimes called magnesia or magnesia usta, resembles lime in many respects. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Commercially available opacifiers are based on zirconium silicate, prepared with other additions such as magnesia and zinc oxide. From Wordnik.com. [5. Simple glaze theory] Reference
Probably potash, magnesia, and lime salts are necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Sulphate of magnesia, an adulterant of guano, 319; as a fixer, 246. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Thus, in fixing potash, either lime, magnesia, or soda must be given up. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
When applied to the soil, it seems chiefly to liberate lime and magnesia. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
The above objection, however, cannot be urged against sulphate of magnesia. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
It is composed of silica, alumina, carbonate of lime, magnesia and oxide of iron. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
These are composed of silica, alumina, iron oxide, manganese oxide, lime and magnesia. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Do not check it, but allow it to have its course, and take a little rhubarb or magnesia. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
It contains silica, alumina, and iron, in considerable quantities, also magnesia and potash. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
To each flask add 2 grammes of calcined magnesia, then connect up with condensers and distil. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
There are two kinds of mica -- that containing potash, and that containing magnesia, in excess. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
A little powdered magnesia at bed time, taken in a little milk, will often give almost permanent relief. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
It contains the bicarbonates of lime, magnesia, and soda, silicates of lime and alumina, and the oxide of iron. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Its action in decomposing the minerals containing lime, magnesia, potash, &c., is similar to the action of gypsum. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Sulphate of magnesia, one and one-half ounces; compound infusion of roses, five ounces; cinnamon water, one ounce. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
The felspars are composed of silica and alumina, along with potash, soda, and lime, with traces of iron and magnesia. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
The principal ingredients are sulphates and carbonates of lime, chlorides of soda and magnesia, and carbonate of iron. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
It consists mainly of phosphate of lime, silicate of lime, free lime, free magnesia, and oxides of iron and manganese. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Furriers often use powdered magnesia for this purpose but almost any finely divided white powder will do about as well. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
There may also be cases of an exceptional nature, in which magnesia salts or even iron salts may act as direct manures. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
It is still a profitable business to sell patent purgatives, such as cider in which a little magnesia has been dissolved. From Wordnik.com. [Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent] Reference
Eventually, however, both varieties become converted into clay, their magnesia and potash passing gradually into soluble forms. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference
The principal ingredients are the chlorate of sodium, mixed with the bicarbonates of lime, soda, and magnesia, and a little iron. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
This absorbent action is most remarkably manifested in the case of ammonia and potash, but it takes place also with magnesia and soda. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference
Itching often disappears after a good saline cathartic has acted -- Rochelle salts, solution of magnesia citrate, or phosphate of soda. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
Where the ash is white, but excessive in quantity, adulteration with common salt, sulphate of magnesia, gypsum, or chalk, may be suspected. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
The principal ingredient is the chloride of soda, and, in less quantities, the chloride of magnesia, the carbonate of lime, and the sulphate of lime and soda. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
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