Sal ammoniacus (English spelling) Salammoniacus

Japanese: sal ammoniacus(英語表記)salammoniacus
Sal ammoniacus (English spelling) Salammoniacus

...Humans have long been aware of the existence of ammonia due to its distinctive odor, and in the past it was produced in the form of ammonium chloride (NH 4 Cl) by sublimation from organic soot or from sodium chloride and urine. The name ammonia comes from the fact that the sand (whose main component is ammonium chloride) found near the Temple of Amun (Greek: Ammon) in ancient Egypt was called sal ammoniacus. It is said that the first person to artificially produce ammonia was J. Priestley of England in 1774.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sal ammoniacus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アンモニアの存在はその特異臭によって古くから人類に認識されており,古くは有機物のすす(煤),または塩化ナトリウムと尿とから昇華法によって,塩化アンモニウムNH4Clの形でつくられていた。アンモニアの名は,古代エジプトのアメン(ギリシア語ではAmmon)神殿の付近に産する磠砂(ろしや)(主成分は塩化アンモニウム)をアンモンの塩sal ammoniacusと呼んだことに由来する。人工的に初めてアンモニアをつくったのは1774年イギリスのJ.プリーストリーであるとされている。…

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