Usage examples (32)

• Under normal circumstances the vast majority of this saltpetre is used for fertilizer purposes.
• Iodates are found associated with Chili saltpetre, which is an important source of the element.
• The two manufactures produce about three Kantars, or fifteen or sixteen quintals per month of saltpetre, which is sold at about fifteen shillings per quintal.
• Ledja, is productive of saltpetre, which is sold at Damascus and Acre; I saw it sold near the lake of Tiberias for double the price which it costs in the Loehf.