"They all unite with sulphur forming compounds soluble in water, of a peculiar fœtid smell, ing the white metals, called sulphurets or hydro-sulphurets, according to circumstances."
— Alkali

January 1, 1970

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Note: "Sulphurets" are compunds of sulphur with alkalies, earths, metals, carbon, etc. See William Campbell Ottley, A Dictionary of Chemistry and of Mineralogy (1826) "Sulphurets."