Peter M. Howey
Kirtland College
Roscommon, MI USA
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On Mon, 6 Apr 1998 SCHRAMMR@WLSVAX.WVNET.EDU wrote:
> Several years ago I neeeded to find the modern name of a number of chemical
> compounds and consulted the chemistry faculty here at WLSC. They provided
> me with two interesting lists which I will reproduce here, in part, for the
> list members who are interested. I will try to only include those compounds
> which turn up in alternate process printing.
>
> List 1
>
> Quicksilver Mercury
> Red Lead Lead Oxide
> Quicklime Calcium Oxide
> Rochelle Salt Potassium and Sodium Tartrate
> Sal Ammonic Ammonium Chloride
> Sal Soda Sodium Carbonate (crystalline)
> Saltpeter Sodium Nitrate
> Salt of Hartshorn Ammonium Carbonate
> Slaked Lime Calcium Hydroxide
> Soda Ash Sodium Carbonate
> Spirit of Hartshorn Ammonium Hydroxide
> Spirits of Salt Hydrochloric Acid
> Sugar of Lead Lead Acetate
> Verdigris Copper Acetate
> Washing Soda Sodium Carbonate
> Water Glass Sodium Silicate
> White Copperas Zinc Sulphate
> White Lead Lead Carbonate
> White Vitriol Zinc Sulphate
> White Zinc Zinc Oxide
>
> List 2
>
> Acid of Sugar Oxalic Acid
> Alcali Volatil Ammonium Hydroxide
> Aqua Fortis Nitric Acid
> Aqua Regia Nitric + Hydrochloric Acid
> Blue Copperas,
> Blue Stone,
> Blue Vitriol Copper Sulfate
> Bone Black Animal Charcoal
> Brimstone Sulfur
> Calomel Mercurous Chloride
> Caustic Soda Sodium Hydroxide
> Nitre Sodium Nitrate
> Corrosive Sublimate Mercuric Chloride
> Ferro Prussate Potassium Ferricyanide
> Grain Alcohol Ethyl Alcohol
> Grain Vitriol Ferrous Sulfate
> Iron Perchloride Ferric Chloride
> Killed Spirits Zinc Chloride
> Lunar Caustic Silver Nitrate
> Muratic Acid Hydrochloric Acid
> Nordhausen Acid Fuming Sulfuric Acid
> Oil of Mars Deliquescent Anhydrous Ferric Chloride
> Oil of Vitriol Sulfuric Acid
> Oxymurate of Potassium Potassium Chlorate
> Pearl Ash Potassium Carbonate
> Red Prussiate of Potash Potassium Ferricyanide
> Spirits of Wine Ethly Alcohol
>
> As always, I assume you alchemists out there already know these things.
>
> Relax, have a drop of spirits of wine but stay away from spirits of salt.
> Don't get any lunar caustic on your fingers. Whtch out for cold meat
> with saltpeter in it as you know what that does. ;-)
>
> Bob Schramm
>