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- and is an important ore of lead. The name is from the Latin cerussa, white lead. Cerussa nativa was mentioned by Conrad Gessner in 1565, and in 1832 F...
- 1775) Synonyms Papilio melania Fabricius, 1775 Tachyris asteria Miskin, 1889 Tachyris cerussa Fruhstorfer, 1904 Appias melania antoniae Fruhstorfer, 1910...
- ancient Egypt and Greece as a white cosmetic, known as cerussa. The basic ingredient of cerussa was white lead, and it was used by Roman women to cover...
- history by many authors of chemical and alchemical literature. The uses of cerussa were described as an external medication and pigment. Clifford Dyer Holley...
- as sun-blocking were practiced by applying face powder in the form of cerussa, which was a mix of white lead shavings and vinegar. Roman women wished...