† oxyˈcarburetted, a. Chem. Obs.
In oxycarburetted hydrogen: see quots.
| 1807 T. Thomson Chem. (ed. 3) II. 132 The first species is composed of carbon and hydrogen; the second, of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen... He [Berthollet] calls the first carbureted hydrogen; the second, oxycarbureted hydrogen. 1812 Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 310 What have been called different oxicarburetted hydrogene gasses are merely mixtures of olefiant gas, carburetted hydrogene, carbonic oxide, and hydrogene gasses. 1892 Syd. Soc. Lex., Oxycarburetted hydrogen gas, an old term for Carbonic oxide. |