- the pronunciation, the word is
often misspelled Prussik, Prussick, or
Prussic. The
Prusik hitch is
named after its ****tive inventor, the
Austrian mountaineer...
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Hydrogen cyanide (formerly
known as
prussic acid) is a
chemical compound with the
formula HCN and
structural formula H−C≡N. It is a
highly toxic and flammable...
- in
front of
credible witnesses, he
instead killed himself by
drinking prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide). Born in
London in 1752, his
original surname was...
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distilled from the
fresh leaves of the
cherry laurel, and
contains the
poison prussic acid (hydrocyanic acid),
along with
other products carried over in the...
- a
second examination of the body
revealed Mrs. Opdam's body
contained prussic acid.
Johannes Opdam was arrested.
During his trial, he at one
point even...
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written in America,” suggesting—rhetorically—that he
occasionally used
prussic acid
instead of ink. Poe's
often caustic reviews earned him the re****tion...
- of the
risus sardonicus is also a
symptom of
strychnine poisoning and
prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide) poisoning.[citation needed]
Opisthotonus is seen...
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millet compared to sorghum.
Millet does not
contain prussic acid,
which can be in sorghum.
Prussic acid
poisons animals by
inhibiting oxygen utilisation...
- Claude-Louis
Berthollet (1748–1822), a
French chemist who
analyzed ammonia and
prussic acid. However, his
greatest contributions to
chemistry were his studies...
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convicted of the
murder of his mistress,
Sarah Hart, by
administering prussic acid, his
apparent motive being a
dread of
their relationship becoming...
