Carbonates
compounds formed by the union of carbonic acid with a base, as the carbonate of lime, the carbonate of copper, etc. Carbonates are an important class of salts, many of them being extensively used in the arts and in medicine. co., Pa., on the Lackawanna river, and the Erie, Erie, the New York, Ontario and Western, and the Delaware and Hudson It is in the center of an extensive coal- It is in the center of an extensive coalmining district; and contains many machine shops, car shops, foundries, etc. churches, a Roman Catholic academy, several newspapers, etc. Pop. (1910) 17,040; (1920) 18,640.