volatile salt
Britishnoun
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The nitrogen present in the manure, in different forms, is converted by the process of decomposition chiefly into ammonia, which, combining with the carbonic acid, forms carbonate of ammonia, a very volatile salt.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton
Having generally fastened the small bag which contained the volatile salt to a piece of brass wire in the preceding experiment, I commonly found the end of it corroded, and covered with a blue substance.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph
And consisting much of a volatile salt, when that is fired out, make a light kind of cinders.
From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Browne, Thomas, Sir
In the beginning of the experiment, a volatile salt was therefore collected in a dry form in the receiver, and afterwards dissolved into spirit.
From Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances by Black, Joseph
Subsequently, Clayton "vomited him" every other day and made him take volatile salt of amber between vomitings.
From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Hughes, Thomas Proctor
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