- 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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
commodities including cotton, silk,
indigo dye, sugar, salt, ****es,
saltpetre, tea, and later, opium. The
company also
initiated the
beginnings of the...
- Look up
saltpeter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Saltpeter (or
saltpetre) is the
mineral form of pot****ium
nitrate (KNO3), a
chemical compound. It...
- The
Great Saltpetre Cave is a
notable limestone cave
located in
Rockcastle County in
southeastern Kentucky.
During the War of 1812, it
served as an important...
- as
cubic niter (UK: nitre), soda
niter or
Chile saltpeter (UK:
Chile saltpetre), is a mineral, the
naturally occurring form of
sodium nitrate, NaNO3...
- nitrate, also
called Chile saltpetre.
After 1870, the use of
Peruvian guano as a
fertilizer was
eclipsed by
Chile saltpetre in the form of
caliche (a sedimentary...
