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Webster 1913 Edition
Microcosmical
{
Miˊcro-cos′mic
,Miˊcro-cos′mic-al
, }Adj.
[Cf. F.
microcosmique
.] Of or pertaining to the microcosm.
Microcosmic salt
(Chem.)
, a white crystalline substance obtained by mixing solutions of sodium phosphate and ammonium phosphate, and also called
hydric-sodic-ammonic-phosphate
. It is a powerful flux, and is used as a substitute for borax as a blowpipe reagent in testing for the metallic oxides. Originally obtained by the alchemists from human urine, and called sal microcosmicum
.Webster 1828 Edition
Microcosmical
MICROCOS'MICAL
,Adj.