tel lur bismuth (telerbiz"muth)

[ tellureted, telluretted (tel'u-ret-ed), a. [ position, smell, and other characters to sulphureted hy. drogen. tellurian (te-lū'ri-an), a. and n. [ They absolutely hear the tellurian lungs wheezing, panting, crying "Bellows to mend" periodically, as the Earth approaches her aphelion. De Quincey, System of the Heavens. ( Davies .) II. n. 1. An inhabitant of the earth: so called with reference to supposed inhabitants of other planets. If any distant worlds (which may be the case) are so far ahead of us Tellurians in optical resources as to see dis tinctly through their telescopes all that we do on earth, De Quincey, Joan of Arc. ( Davies.) what is the grandest sight to which we ever treat them? IMG:content-0052.png:[blocks in formation] 6220 His [man's] knowledge, his ideas, his treasures of art and literature, have a sensuous origin, just as this fruit has a mineral or telluric origin. The Century, XIX. 690. 2. Of, containing, or derived from tellurium: as, telluric acid. - Telluric acid, H2TeO4, an oxygen acid of tellurium which is formed when tellurium is deflagrated with niter. The pure acid forms a white powder soluble in hot water. - Telluric bismuth, the min eral tetradymite. - Telluric silver, he ite. telluride (tel'u-rid or -rid), n. [ tellur - ium + -ide2 .] A compound of tellurium with an elec tropositive element. Also called telluret. tell uri fer ous (tel-u-rif'e-rus), a. [ ing tellurium. tellurion (te-lu'ri-on), n. [Also tellurian; There is in magnetism two different actions - one which depends upon a vital principle spread throughout nature, and circulating in all bodies; the other the same principle, modified by man, animated by his spirit, directed by his will. He thinks that the first sort of magnetism, which he calls tellurism , or siderism, can be, etc. Deleuze, Anim. Magn. (trans. 1843), p. 209.