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Oil of vitriol

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Noun
  1. 1
    Sulfuric acid. dated, uncountable
  2. 2
    (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry wordnet

Etymology

So called from its oily consistency and from its forming the "vitriols" or sulfates. This term was coined by the 8th-century alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan, the chemical's probable discoverer.

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