oil of vitriol
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Etymology[edit]
So called from its oily consistency and from its forming the "vitriols" or sulfates. This term was coined by the 8th-century Alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan, the chemical's probable discoverer.[1]
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alternative name for "sulphuric acid"
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