Fowler's solution

English

Etymology

Named after an English chemist.

Noun

Fowler's solution (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) An aqueous solution of arsenite of potassium, of such strength that one hundred parts represent one part of arsenious acid, or white arsenic.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Fowler's solution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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