>3. Spirits of Wine is sulphuric acid
Sil Horwitz wrote:
Never! "Spirits of Wine" is alcohol. There is no way to get sulphuric acid
from wine, nor is any introduced during the making of wine. Sulphites, yes,
but not sulphuric. Pray tell me, Terry, where did you get this
misinformation? I'd like to explore the source.
In the UK for a good many years poor quality sulphuric acid was indeed
called Spirits of Wine and also hydrochloric acid was called Spirits of
Salts,Aqua Fortis was weak Nitric Acid, and you could purchase this rather
lethal liquids from the local Hardware Store then we became Americanised
in this respect and common sense prevailed.
Pete