Definitions
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
sulfuretted .
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- adjective treated or impregnated with sulfur
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Examples
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Plants in such a soil are apt to sicken and die, the water becomes stagnant, and certain chemical actions are caused which give rise to poisonous gases, such as sulphuretted hydrogen, &c.
Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman
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The hot springs here contain iron, and are strongly impregnated with sulphuretted hydrogen.
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004
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One of these was called Mokola, and another had a strong odour of sulphuretted hydrogen.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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The flood-water ran into a marsh some miles above the mountain, and became as black as ink; and when it returned again to the river emitted so strong an effluvium of sulphuretted hydrogen, that one could not forget for an instant that the air was most offensive.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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Lower down there were two hot springs with a deposit of sulphur round their margins, and bubbles of gas, which, from its strong, garlicky smell, I suppose to be sulphuretted hydrogen.
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004
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The sulphuretted hydrogen emanations, which Captain
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Here, as everywhere, there was more pistol practice, and the boys plumed themselves on having discovered a new vice — that of opium-eating, while their father made the house unendurable by the preparation of sulphuretted hydrogen and other highly-scented compounds.
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The last of the most important gaseous products of decomposition are _sulphuretted_ and _phosphoretted hydrogen_.
Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman
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One has been found to require ferrous carbonate for its development, which it oxidises into the oxide (Winogradsky); while another, [58] the so-called sulphur organism, converts sulphur into sulphuretted hydrogen according to some, and according to others into sulphates.
Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman
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The liberation of the H_ {2} S will cause the yellowish-white precipitate to darken to a brownish-black, or jet black, the depth of the colour being proportionate to the amount of sulphuretted hydrogen present.
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