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A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.

A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.

clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock.

A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.

Alum.

One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.

A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the hydrogen.

Combined with alumina.

Alumina. Davy.

Of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate.

Containing alum.

pertaining the form of alumina.

The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, pertaining a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al. Aluminium bronze or gold, a pale gold- colored alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal…

To treat impregnate with alum; to alum.

Art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography. -- A*lu`mi*no*graph"ic (#), a.

Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.

See Aluminium.

Somewhat like alum.

A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.

A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.