Sulphur brochure - Weir Minerals - #1

or brimstone, has been a part of our culture from ancient times when early man, ascribing mystical properties to its blue flame and

acrid odor,

used the element in his religious rites. However, sulphur's many and widespread uses in our industrial society date from the time about 200 years ago when Antoine Lavoisier demonstrated that

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sulphur was in fact a true element.