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The Salt of the World?
- Trona - n. - A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs and lakes; -- called also urao, and by the ancients nitrum.
- Tronage - n. - A toll or duty paid for weighing wool; also, the act of weighing wool.
- Tronator - n. - An officer in London whose duty was to weigh wool.