microcosmical

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Adjective

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CIDE DICTIONARY

microcosmical, a. [Cf. F. microcosmique.].

Of or pertaining to the microcosm. [1913 Webster]

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.