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THIS work is not to be judged as a scientific treatise, but as a practical guide to the manufacture of common salt from sea-water. The author has fulfilled the purpose which he set before himself in compiling the book. Starting with a brief historical introduction, he proceeds to lay before the reader a concise statement of the principal chemical and physical qualities of salt. The occurrence of salt as a mineral is then shortly discussed; the analysis of natural salt occupies a small chapter, which is succeeded by others upon the hygienic value of salt, and upon the agricultural uses of the same substance. The principal rock-salt deposits are described, and the mining operations sketched.
A Handbook of Common Salt.
By J. J. L. Ratton, Madras College. (Madras: Higginbotham and Co., 1877.)
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M., M. A Handbook of Common Salt. Nature 17, 302 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/017302b0
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