Synonyms for calomel in the sense of this definition. mercurous chloride (calomel is a kind of ...) any compound containing a chlorine atom. chloride (calomel is made of the substance ...) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures. atomic number 80; hg; hydrargyrum; mercury; quicksilver (... is made of the substance calomel) a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores. black lotion; blackwash
At various points throughout its lifespan so far, the Empire State Building has showered in the pride of being the âtallestâ in a number of categories. As of its completion in 1931, it became the first ever building to exceed 100 stories.
Expansion of Federal Power During the Civil War. Professor ERIC FONER (Columbia University): The Civil War expanded federal power in enormous ways. The financing was one. You never had a national currency before the Civil War. Now you had it. The federal taxation system was miniscule. Before the Civil War, basically, the tariff paid for the federal government. Now you had taxes on everything, which means a whole Internal Revenue Service, which means tax collectors, revenue officers. And in many, many other ways: the first draft in American history is during the Civil War. The federal government intervenes, you might say, into the lives of individual citizens in ways that were unprecedented, in order to mobilize resources to fight the war.