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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 150 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VITRIOL , a name given to sulphuric See also:

acid and to certain sulphates. Oil of vitriol is concentrated sulphuric acid. See also:Blue or See also:Roman vitriol is See also:copper sulphate; See also:green vitriol, ferrous sulphate (See also:copperas); See also:white vitriol, See also:zinc sulphate; and vitriol of See also:Mars is a basic See also:iron sulphate.

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