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Vesbium

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A rare metallic element of which little is known. It is said by Scacchi to have been extracted from a yellowish incrustation from the cracks of a Vesuvian lava erupted in 1631.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Vesbium'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/vesbium.html. 1828.