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

This hinderance of nitrification by the presence of an excess of ammonium carbonate effectually prevents the nitrification of strong solutions of urine, in which, as already mentioned, ammonium carbonate is the first product of fermentation.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various

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)

Alternatively, though usually less effectively, you could add some ammonium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate to the container.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu

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