FLOWERS
\flˈa͡ʊəz], \flˈaʊəz], \f_l_ˈaʊ_ə_z]\
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The ancient chymists gave this name to different solid and volatile substances obtained by sublimation. The term is not yet entirely banished from chymical and medical language, as Flowers of Benjamin, Flowers of Sulphur, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
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