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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 197 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POTASHES , the crude See also:

potassium carbonate obtained by lixiviating See also:wood ashes and evaporating the See also:solution to dryness, an operation at one See also:time carried out in See also:iron pots—hence the name from " pot " and " ashes." The See also:term potash or See also:caustic potash is frequently used for potassium hydroxide, whilst such a phrase as sulphate of potash is now appropriately replaced by potassium sulphate.

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