- the 15th century,
Europeans referred to it as
saltpetre,
specifically Indian saltpetre (Chilean
saltpetre is
sodium nitrate) and
later as
nitrate of potash...
- A
saltpetre works or
nitrary is a
place of
production of pot****ium
nitrate or
saltpetre used
primarily for the
manufacture of gunpowder. The saltpeter...
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Sodium nitrate is the
chemical compound with the
formula NaNO 3. This
alkali metal nitrate salt is also
known as
Chile saltpeter (large
deposits of which...
- Even so,
saltpetre is
still used in some food applications, such as some
charcuterie products. It
should not be
confused with
Chile saltpetre or Peru saltpetre...
-
commodities including cotton, silk,
indigo dye, sugar, salt, ****es,
saltpetre, tea, and later, opium. The
company also
initiated the
beginnings of the...
- lack of
access to
Chilean saltpetre,
ended Chile's
monopoly on
nitrate and led to an
economic decline in Chile.
While saltpetre mining gradually waned in...
- as
cubic niter (UK: nitre), soda
niter or
Chile saltpeter (UK:
Chile saltpetre), is a mineral, the
naturally occurring form of
sodium nitrate, NaNO3...
-
Saltpeter Cave, in
Carter Caves State Resort Park near
Olive Hill, Kentucky. It was
listed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 2001. It has...
-
Saltpetre is an
unincorporated community located in
Wayne County, West Virginia,
United States. The
community takes its name from the
local saltpetre...
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would solidify and crystallize. For the
preparation of
saltpetre, Song
Yingxing wrote:
Saltpetre (solve-stone) is
found both in
China and in the lands...
