Cyclopædia
Assuming nitrate is required, the following result was found.
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AQUAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/hydrology/AQUA
MENSTRUUM, DISSOLUTION, METAL, etc. Aqua fortis is made of Salt-Petre, which is the only Salt that will act on Silver. See NITRATE, SALT-PETRE, and SILVER. To prepare Aqua fortis, they mix either Sand or Alum, or Vitriol, or the two last together, with...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Hydrology