Nitrates

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This section is from the book "The Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia", by Luke Hebert. Also available from Amazon: Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia.

Nitrates

Compounds of the nitric acid, with various salifiable bases.

Nitre

The usual name given to a combination of the nitric acid with potash. See Acid, Nitric.

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