Definition of "glucinum" []

• A rejected name for beryllium. (noun)

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• "Lead acetate is called "sugar of lead," and an alternate name of beryllium is "glucinum," which comes from the Greek word for "sweet.""
• "This is composed of glucina, which is glucinum oxide, or beryllia, BeO, of which there is 19.8 per cent., and alumina, or aluminium oxide, Al_ {2} O_ {3}, of which there is 80.2 per cent."
• "Among the more remarkable of his investigations in inorganic chemistry are those on methods for the preparation of potassium (1823); on tungsten compounds (1824); the preparation of aluminum (1827); of glucinum and yttrium (1828)."