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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2 (of 2)

Note 1234 — SALTPETRE. GUNPOWDER. AQUAFORTIS.

William Johnston translation

A catalogue of such waters may be found in Baccii Liber de Thermis. Patavii, 1711, fol. v. 5, 6, 7, p. 160. [Carbonate of soda occurs for instance in the celebrated mineral waters of Seltzer and Carlsbad, and also in the volcanic springs of Iceland, especially the Geyser.]

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