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THE production of potassium nitrate in India is probably a very ancient industry, and at the present time, in spite of German competition, the export still amounts to about 20,000 tons per annum. As is well known, the potassium nitrate is extracted by natives from soil collected in the villages, where in all probability it has been formed by bacterial decomposition of the organic matter, with production first of ammonia and subsequently of nitrates. The chemical and bacteriological changes have not yet been studied, but the actual methods of extraction have recently been described by Dr. Leather and Mr. Mukerji in a well-illustrated bulletin issued by the Pusa Research Station.
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The Indian Saltpetre Industry 1 . Nature 88, 330–331 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/088330b0
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