( n. )
A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.
( n. )
A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012