Chemist glass Jar - ACID NITRI

Glass Topped Jar with the label "Aqua nitri". Old chemist storage jar.

Nitric acid is notable for its ability to dissolve all metals except gold,In the 17th century, Johann Rudolf Glauber devised a process to obtain nitric acid by distilling potassium nitrate with sulfuric acid. In 1776 Antoine Lavoisier cited Joseph Priestley's work to point out that it can be converted from nitric oxide