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Chili salpeter
Saltpeter Salt`pe"ter, Saltpetre Salt`pe"tre,, n. [F. salp[^e]tre, NL. sal petrae, literally, rock salt, or stone salt; so called because it exudes from rocks or walls. See Salt, and Petrify.] (Chem.) Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant. Chili salpeter (Chem.), sodium nitrate (distinguished from potassium nitrate, or true salpeter), a white crystalline substance, NaNO3, having a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste. It is obtained by leaching the soil of the rainless districts of Chili and Peru. It is deliquescent and cannot be used in gunpowder, but is employed in the production of nitric acid. Called also cubic niter. Saltpeter acid (Chem.), nitric acid; -- sometimes so called because made from saltpeter.

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- Salpe was an ancient Gr**** midwife cited by Pliny the Elder, and a writer of a work called the Paignia mentioned in Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae. It is...
- Salpe (Kannada:ಸಲ್ಪೇ, Telugu:సల్పే, Tamil:சல்பே, Marathi:साल्पे or सालपे) is the surname of families in India who generally belongs to Veershaiva Lin****at...
- sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Salpe-Kharmare" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2017) (Learn...
- specific name salpa is a modern Gr**** rendering of the Ancient Gr**** salpe or salpes, which dates back at least to Aristotle. The salema porgy has a moderately...
- Home: Pliny's Salpe, Salpe's Paignia and Magic," classical Quarterly 45.2 (1995), p. 591. Pliny, Natural History 28.262, crediting Salpe the obstetrician...
- Salapia (also called Salpe and Salpi) is an ancient settlement and bishopric in Daunia, Italy near Cerignola and Manfredonia. The settlement was probably...
- remuneration comparable to that of male doctors. One example of such a midwife is Salpe of Lemnos, who wrote on women's diseases and was mentioned several times...
- Berardus was consecrated in Bari by the bishops of Bitonto, Ruvo, Molfetta, Salpe, Giovinozzo, Conversano, and Pulignano. Garruba, 197-200. Kamp, pp. 576–581...
- BCE), marine zoologist Restituta (1st century), Ancient Roman physician Salpe (1st century BCE), Gr**** midwife Sotira (1st century BCE), Gr**** physician: 1217–18 ...
- upper reaches of Aisė [lt] and Veiviržas [lt], and the upper reaches of Šalpė [lt], a tributary of Veiviržas. From here the eastern border went south...