[Ansteorra] Shenanigans II: Electric Boogaloo

[Stefan li Rous]

Thank you for the clarification, Lyneya.

Ammonia makes sense. So do we have any chemists or chemical engineers  
out there who can tell me how else we can get ammonia using medieval  
methods and technology? If not, when were these other methods to  
produce ammonia invented/created?

Thanks,
    Stefan

On Feb 17, 2010, at 10:42 PM, Susan McMahill wrote:

> BTW, as we were taught in nursing school, unless someone is  
> suffering from a urinary tract infection, urine is actually sterile  
> until it leaves the body and is exposed to bacteria from the  
> exterior of the body, etc. It isn't the 'unhygenic' quality of urine  
> that makes it unpleasant to work with, it is the fact that it breaks  
> down rather rapidly into ammonia which is a pretty nasty smelling  
> substance. It is the ammonia that was what made it a valuable  
> mordant for the dyeing industry.
>
> Lyneya

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