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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Sylvite

Britannica 11th

SYLVITE, a mineral consisting of potassium chloride (KC1), first observed in 1823, as an encrustation on Vesuvian lava. Well-formed crystals were subsequently found in the salt deposits of Stassfurt in Prussia and Kalusz in Austrian Galicia. It crystallizes in ...

Vol. 26, pp. 284-284 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0
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Sylt

Britannica 11th

SYLT (probably from the O. Fris. Silendi, i.e. sealand), the largest German island in the North Sea, being about 38 sq. m. in area and nearly 23 m. long. It is, however, very narrow, being generally about half a mile in width, except in the middle, where it se

Vol. 26, pp. 283-283 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 32.73
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