auric
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Such gnomic utterances, and the auric mysteries of the international monetary system, suddenly make the money game more fun to read about than play.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The auric acid combines immediately with potash and soda.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
The auric chloride is, however, decomposed at the elevated temperature into finely divided metallic gold, which is then readily attacked by the chlorine gas.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
When the perforations are of comparatively large size, the repairing is not so easy, owing to the auric chloride, on fusing, refusing to fill them.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 by Various
It begins to decompose into gold and chlorine at 185�, the decomposition being complete at 230�; water decomposes it into gold and auric chloride.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various