sal-ammoniac

“Kataba” would also be applied to striping the fingers with Henna which becomes a shining black under a paste of honey, lime and sal-ammoniac.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

These two ingredients, mixed with powdered charcoal, have, by means of a little vinegar, or solution of sal-ammoniac, or urine, formed large balls, which balls have been reduced in pulverem pyrium by a mill.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

On the shelves and ledges are rows of well-thumbed wooden boxes, labelled with the greatest carelessness, pepper for rhubarb, arsenic for Tafl, or wash-clay, and sulphate of iron where sal-ammoniac should be.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

This sal-ammoniac is powdered and mixed with moist slaked lime and then gently heated in a flask, when a large quantity of gaseous ammonia is disengaged.

Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various

The common method for the manufacture of ammonia is to produce it from the salt known as sal-ammoniac.

Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various

Rosin or oil is usually employed in soldering tin and lead, while a mixture of muriate of zinc and sal-ammoniac is used with steel.

Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various

Borax, rosin, sal-ammoniac, common salt, limestone, glass and several other substances are used for this purpose, according to the nature of the metal used.

Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various

Pure copper, 100 parts by weight, is melted in a crucible, and then 6 parts of magnesia, 3.6 of sal-ammoniac, 1.8 of quicklime and 9. of tartar are added separately and gradually in the form of powder.

Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs

A clean metallic joint can be secured by passing over the two surfaces a sponge wet with a weak solution of sal-ammoniac and hot water, an operation certainly cheap enough both as to materials and labor required.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Various

Sublimed sal-ammoniac has a fibrous texture and is tough and difficult to powder.

Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various