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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 467 — VERDIGRIS, or SPANISH GREEN.

William Johnston translation

[In England large quantities of verdigris are now prepared by arranging plates of copper alternately with pieces of coarse woollen cloth steeped in crude pyroligneous acid, which is obtained by the destructive distillation of wood.]

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