Ballistix Your interpretation of Angier is way off. I spent considerable time and effort researching this down to doing mole counts and eventually researching Brit. Pharmacopias to figure out what error Angier made in his interpretation of Birmingham Black. Initial conversion as written in Angier is as follows. To make 100ml
2.8gms Cu So4
8.25gms Ferr Chloride when using 29%Sol/41deg Baume/1.388 sg
11.75 gms of 20% W/V sol Nitric acid
1.53 gms alcohol of 95% strength
Add distilled water to make up to 100ml total
Tip Nett weight of mixing vessel then add 100gms water to establish true 100ml volume. I found graduated beakers to be up to 20% off.
Any further information only available over copious Morlands!!!
Good Luck
