>Is there a book (some sort of dictionary) or a table which gives
>common chemical names for the more colourful names used in the past?
The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (at least my old one) has a lot of
such stuff. Maybe you can find a copy for cheap on the e-bay. As an
altertantive, you might want to bookmark <http://www.bartleby.com/> for
on-line look up.
Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen. ___________________________| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864)http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw Received on Fri Jun 21 14:55:00 2002
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