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

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