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In eighteenth-century chemistry, and also in late alchemical contexts, this sign stands for sal alcalinus, or alkaline salt, i.e. salts of alkali, meaning foremost potassium and sodium.
Formerly all compounds that could be dissolved in less than 500 parts of water were called salts.
According to Diderot's Encyclopedia this sign meant sea salt.
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