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I. TILL lately, nitrate of soda has only been known to the few who dealt in manures, or who were engaged in chemical manufactures; but within the last two years the British public have invested vast sums of money in the shares of Nitrate Companies, while the presence in society of live millionaires who have made their money in Tarapaca, and the strong personality of a “Nitrate King,” have made “nitrates” a household word.
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ABERCROMBY, R. Nitrate of Soda, and the Nitrate Country. Nature 40, 186–188 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040186b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/040186b0