Note 1 — SECTION I. Of Gunpowder.
Reading edition
Nitric acid is a compound of azot, or impure air, and oxygen, or vital air, and is sometimes made by repeatedly passing electric shocks through a mixture of oxygenous and azotic gas.
Reading edition
Nitric acid is a compound of azot, or impure air, and oxygen, or vital air, and is sometimes made by repeatedly passing electric shocks through a mixture of oxygenous and azotic gas.