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 | | Ammonia is found in small quantities as the carbonate in the atmosphere, being produced from the putrefaction of nitrogenous animal and vegetable matter. |
 | | Ammonium salts are also found in small quantities in rain-water, whilst ammonium chloride (sal-ammoniac) and ammonium sulfate are found in volcanic districts; and crystals of ammonium bicarbonate have been found in Patagonian guano. |
 | | The commercial salt was formerly known as\nsal-volatile or salt of hartshorn and was formerly obtained by\nthe dry distillation of nitrogenous organic matter such as hair,\nhorn, decomposed urine, etc., but is now obtained by heating a\nmixture of sal-ammoniac, or ammonium sulfate and chalk, to\nredness in iron retorts, the vapours being condensed in leaden\nreceivers. |
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