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Meaning of Bolognian phosphorus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating barium sulfate.

obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“1839 John White Webster - A Manual of Chemistry: Containing the Principal Facts of the Science, in the Order in which They... and the Bolognian phosphorus, discovered by Vincenzo Cascariolo, a shoemaker of Bologna, is made by reducing compact sulphate of baryta to a fine powder, which is formed into cakes with mucilage, and these are heated to redness.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

bolognino bologram boloman bolombatto Bolometer Bolometers