vesuvine

[Steve Halford]

On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Panza, Robin wrote:

> Bismarck Brown (according to DeVries, 'French-English Science and Technology
> Dictionary', 4th edition).
>
> Robin K Panza                  panzar at carnegiemuseums.org
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>

Or, more specifically, Bismark Brown R (aka Bismark Brown 53, Basic Brown
4) according to my Merck Index (tenth edition).  There's also a "Bismark
Brown Y" which is *not* vesuvine.

HTH

Steve (halford at sfu.ca)
Museum Technician
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C., Canada

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Nelson [mailto:nelson at BIOL.SC.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October, 1999 11:18 AM
> To: TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG
> Subject: vesuvine
>
>
> 27 Oct Wed 1110a
>
> Friends (or make that "Amis"):
>
>         I am trying to figure out what the French word "vesuvine" means-- it
> is
> a substance, or maybe a kind of stain, used in cytology-
>
>         Thanks, John Nelson
> --
> John B. Nelson
> A. C. Moore Herbarium
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> University of South Carolina
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