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SPIRIT OF NITROUS ETHER

Definition: SPIRIT OF NITROUS ETHER

SPIRIT OF NITROUS ETHER

1. (Med. Chem.), a pale yellow liquid, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the distillation of alcohol with nitric and sulphuric acids, and consists essentially of ethyl nitrite with a little acetic aldehyde. It is used as a diaphoretic, diuretic, antispasmodic, etc. Called also sweet spirit of niter .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: SPIRIT OF NITROUS ETHER

English words defined with "SPIRIT OF NITROUS ETHER": Sweet spirits of niter. (references)

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Alternative Orthography: SPIRIT OF NITROUS ETHER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 50 49 52 49 54      4F 46      4E 49 54 52 4F 55 53      45 54 48 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01010000 01001001 01010010 01001001 01010100 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01001110 01001001 01010100 01010010 01001111 01010101 01010011 00100000 01000101 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#80 &#73 &#82 &#73 &#84 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#32 &#78 &#73 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#85 &#83 &#32 &#69 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0050 0049 0052 0049 0054      004F 0046      004E 0049 0054 0052 004F 0055 0053      0045 0054 0048 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5350435243542494024843545249555323954423952

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