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BITTERN (from " bitter ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 14 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BITTERN (from " See also:bitter ")  , the See also:mother liquor obtained from See also:sea-See also:water or brines after the separation of the, See also:sodium chloride (See also:common See also:salt) by See also:crystallization . It 'contains various See also:magnesium salts (sulphate, chloride, bromide and iodide) and, is employed, commercially for the manufacture of See also:Epsom salts (magnesium sulphate) and See also:bromine . The same See also:term is applied to a mixture of See also:quassia, See also:iron" sulphate, coccutus indices, See also:liquorice &c., used in adulterating See also:beer .

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