NITRO MURIATIC ACID

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 31

Nitro hydrochloric acid of modern nomenclature. The mixture of nitric and of muriatic (or hydrochloric) acid; formerly called aqua regia, from its solvent power over gold, the king of the metals. NlTRONA'iPTHALASE. A compound resulting from the action of nitric acid on napthalin: a modification of it has been termed nitronapthalese. [s. 839]