In the same way they put in plates of copper and make verdigris, which is called "aeruca.". From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
There is a school of thought that says the alchemists mistook vitriol for verdigris, which is copper (II) acetate. From Wordnik.com. [HogwartsProfessor.com] Reference
With regard to the colic, I think it is occasioned by the verdigris which is mixed with every thing they eat or drink. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
Some organic acids form copper salts, which generally are toxic, such as verdigris induced by acetic, lactic or tartaric acids. From Wordnik.com. [1. Technical requirements for Asbestos substitutes] Reference
Dissolve verdigris in distilled water and add gum arabic. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Thin masticot mixed with verdigris, shaded with brown ochre. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Arsenic and verdigris are sometimes used, but it does not answer. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Red lead and masticot water, shaded with sap-green and verdigris. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Why is sugar-candy crystallized on strings, and verdigris on sticks?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 479, March 5, 1831] Reference
The pedestal, it appeared to me, was of bronze, and was thick with verdigris. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
This "resist paste" is 1 lb. of binacetate of copper (distilled verdigris), 3 lbs. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
Cannon – balls; arrow – heads; Roman glass and a forceps green with verdigris. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob's Room] Reference
The only dryer he mentions (as such) is verdigris, which he used for mordants only. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
It dangled before us like a giant yo-yo, ivory mottled with green-cheese verdigris. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
On the hill overhanging it sits a verdigris replica of a pagoda awaiting ichthyic acolytes. From Wordnik.com. [Sakana] Reference
He says nothing about a hundred and seventy professors in corrosive sublimate and verdigris. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Flory shot several more pigeons, and a small bronze-wing dove with back as green as verdigris. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
verdigris and masticot mixed, shaded with thin verdigris heightened with masticot and white. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
They could see a brass ring, crusted with verdigris, fastened to a partly-exposed piece of wood. From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
Copper is not affected by air, but acids cause the formation of a green deposit called verdigris. From Wordnik.com. [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference
The second solution, or bronze, is composed of 4 parts of verdigris and 16 parts of white vinegar. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827] Reference
Italy, used this pigment; and the bright greens seen in some old pictures are made by glazings of verdigris. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
It is now in place to describe the preparation of white lead and of verdigris, which with us is called "aeruca.". From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
On the same principle, copper, which is naturally more solid, will disperse and turn into verdigris if similarly treated. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The compound has the objection of being glassy, and possessing little body, but is preferable to verdigris as to permanence. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
The volcanic brown stones had on them occasionally a thin lichen of either orange colour, or a sour pale green, like verdigris. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
But it is not to be made of brass, or copper, because the action of the wine thereon produces verdigris, and provokes vomiting. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
During my stay among them, I was desirous of taking that charge, and of rubbing, until I should clear the verdigris entirely away. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
Dissolve in water a mixture consisting of 1-1/2 oz. of saltpetre; vitriol and sal-ammoniac, 1-1/4 oz. of each, and 1 oz. verdigris. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Since her voyage occurred during a period of financial depression, it is probable that her bottom was "white" (tallow and verdigris). From Wordnik.com. [The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80] Reference
Lilla stood looking at him thoughtfully from under the edge of a verdigris-colored turban that matched the high collar of her walking suit. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
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