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Alographia dos álkalis... de Frei Conceição Veloso: um manual de química industrial para produção da potassa no Brasil colonial

2008; Brazilian Chemical Society; Volume: 31; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0100-40422008000800051

ISSN

1678-7064

Autores

Fernando J. Luna,

Tópico(s)

Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications

Resumo

FRAY CONCEIÇÃO VELOSO'S Alographia dos alkalis….Potassium carbonate, or potash, was the most important industrial chemical of the 18 th century.It was essential for producing glass, soap, saltpeter, dyes, several drugs, and also used for bleaching linens, paper, and sugar.We examine here a book in which Brazilian author José Mariano da Conceição Veloso gathered his translations into Portuguese of English and French articles, letters, patents, and pamphlets with instructions on how to prepare potash.

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