ammonium carbonate

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A dozen cleaning agents were proposed before the restorers settled on a solution of distilled water and 25% ammonium carbonate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ammonia: In the form of ammonium carbonate or the aromatic spirits of ammonia, this has long been used with clinical satisfaction as a cardiac stimulant.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

The filtrate is nearly neutralised with ammonia; ammonium carbonate added in slight excess; and the liquid heated to boiling and filtered.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

Fermentation, ammonium carbonate formed during, 245; in bones, 365; heat of, 79; of farmyard manure, 253; of guano, 299; temperature of, 256.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton

Formerly the washing was effected in stale urine, which owed its detergent properties mainly to the presence of ammonium carbonate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various