DETAILED NOTES ON IMAGES OF SULPHUR CRESTED COCKATOO

Sulfur was called Shilin Huang in China as early as the 6th century BC and was extracted from pyrite.  Pre-Roman civilizations applied burned brimstone as being a medication and applied “bricks” of sulfur as fumigants, bleaching agents, and incense in spiritual rites. The Chinese largely used it in black gunpowder. In 1777, Antoine Lavoisier p