Collier's New Encyclopedia

A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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Copperas

sulphate of iron or green vitriol (FeSO4.7H2O), a salt of a pecucolor. When exposed to the air it asliar astringent taste and of a fine green sumes a brownish hue. It is much used copperas of in medicine as a tonic. cop in dyeing black and in making ink, and commerce is usually made by the decomposition of iron pyrites. commerce is usually made by the decom- position of iron pyrites. closely allied to the rattlesnake, found in the United States from New England to Florida. It has a thick body from 2 to 3 feet long. Lurking in dark and moist places, and giving no warning, it is more dreaded than the rattlesnake.

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