A Compendium of Useful Information for the Practical Man/Chemistry
See also
[edit | edit source]Acids; Agricultural Chemistry; Air; Alchemy; Alkalies; Assaying; Atomic Theory; Atomic Weights; Atoms; Catalysis; Color; Combustion; Condensation; Crystallography; Dissociation; Electrochemistry; Evaporation; Fermentation; Fire; Gases; Geochemistry; Ions; Metallurgy; Microchemistry; Mineralogy; Molecules; Periodic Law; Pharmacy; Photochemistry; Photographic Chemistry; Physics; Physiological Chemistry; Plants - Chemistry and Nutrition; Poisons; Radioactivity; Reagents; Receipts; Salts; Sanitary Chemistry; Solution Chemistry; Spectrum Analysis; Stereochemistry; also headings beginning Chemical, and names of chemical elements and substances
Chemical Names for Some of the More Common Drugs
[edit | edit source]Alcohol - Aqua Vitae
Blue Vitriol - Sulphate of Copper
Calomel - Chloride of Mercury
Chalk - Carbonate of Lime
Chloroform - Chloral Hydrate
Corrosive Sublimate - Bi-chloride of Mercury
Epsom Salts - Sulphate of Magnesia
Glauber's Salts - Sulphate of Sodium
Green Vitriol - Ferrous Sulphate
Glucose - Grape Sugar
Lime - Oxide of Calcium
Lunar Caustic - Nitrate of Silver
Oil of Vitriol - Sulphuric Acid
Potash - Oxide of Potassium
Plaster of Paris - Gypsum
Red Lead - Oxide of Lead
Salt - Chloride of Sodium
Saltpeter - Nitrate of Potassium
Soda - Carbonate of Sodium
Sugar of Lead - Acetate of Lead
Verdigris - Sub-acetate of Copper
Vinegar - Acetic Acid
Volatile Alkali - Ammonia
White Vitriol - Sulphate of Zinc
White Zinc - Oxide of Zinc