Talk:William Henry Fox Talbot
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In the 5th paragraph about selecting the fixer, Natron is sodium carbonate; is this correct? Do we mean hypo? --Awcam 21:21, 5 April 2009 (EDT)
- "hyposulphurous acidic natron" (German: unterschwefligsaures Natron) is an older term for sodium thiosulfate. U. Kulick 17:07, 6 April 2009 (EDT)
- "natron /"neItr<schwa>n, "nat-/ n.L17. [Fr. f. Sp. natrón f. Arab. natrun, nitrun, f. Gk nitron NITRE.] Native hydrous sodium carbonate, crystallizing in the monoclinic system and occurring chiefly in solution and in evaporative residues; a deposit containing this." -- New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Jan. 1997 edition.
- I'm not sure where this leaves us. --Awcam 02:37, 7 April 2009 (BST)