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1859 W. Odling in London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 4th Ser. 18 374 The following Table illustrates the relations of the meta- and ortho-salts.

1870 Nature 15 Sept. 470/2 Meta-salts are most stable.

1892 M. M. P. Muir & H. F. Morley Watts' Dict. Chem. Meta-acids and meta-salts.

1950 N. V. Sidgwick Chem. Elements I. 788 The ordinary salts are of the type of MSboO₃, x H₂O, and are usually regarded as metasalts.

2002 Russ. Jrnl. Inorg. Chem. 47 937/1 The addition reaction of an alkali metal hydroxide or oxide to a salt of the same metal can yield..an orthosalt from a metasalt, for example..Na₂O + NaNO₃ → Na₃NO₄.