Glauber Salts
So called from Johann Rudolph Glauber, a German alchemist, who
discovered it in 1658 in his researches after the philosopher's stone.
It is the sulphate of soda.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Glauber Salts from Fact Monster:
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