On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:45:02 +0100, lists
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stuart.winsor.lists@...> wrote:
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> Muriatic is NOT a standard chemical name. Someone from the 19th century
> would be familiar with it but not anymore. I have a very old chemistry
> text book from around 1870 in which such names are common place but it
> would be found in no chemical text book printed after WWII
Give it up, it's a US thing. They like them old obsolete terms, same with
yards, inches, feet and the like.
You'll never talk sense into them, it's a matter of pride.
ST