Abstract
THIS book is a very valuable contribution to the history of saline deposits in general, but it is especially useful on account of the author's detailed description of the salt-beds of Chili and Peru, to the study of which he mainly devotes his attention. He discusses the various theories which have from time to time been advanced to account for the formation of Chili saltpetre (sodium nitrate), and shows that it must be regarded as the product of the action of oxidizing guano on certain mother-liquors containing carbonate of soda.
Die Bildung des Natronsaltpeters aus Mutterlangensalzen.
By Dr. Carl Ochsenius. (Stuttgart: E. Koch, 1887.)
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W., J. Saline Deposits . Nature 37, 220–221 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037220a0
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