The American Heritage Dictionary says saltpeter is either potassium nitrate (used for curing meats) or sodium nitrate. From Wordnik.com. [Ceniza (ash) or tequesquite] Reference
Lull called soda nitrum, and he called saltpeter sal nitri. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 3] Reference
Refining the saltpeter was the current big problem, but I was hesitant about getting Arabian alchemists in on the project. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Conrads Crusade]
Why is saltpeter used in the preservation of meats?. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
The common name for potassium nitrate is saltpeter. From Wordnik.com. [A Large Collection of Incendiary Information (Part II)] Reference
Sodium saltpeter (Chile saltpeter), soluble in water. From Wordnik.com. [13. Glaze oxides] Reference
I replaced all the pepper in the kitchen with saltpeter, and. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
But I could find no saltpeter; indeed, no nitrates of any kind. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
But saltpeter-potassium nitrate-could also be ground into food. From Wordnik.com. [Destiny's Road]
Rub fish with salt, brown sugar and saltpeter as above directed. From Wordnik.com. [Every Step in Canning] Reference
The saltpeter makes it burn freely, and also helps to give relief. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
It now became vital to find a seaway to India to get the saltpeter. From Wordnik.com. [Reconstructing Medieval Artillery] Reference
Drain off the liquid the next day and add a pound of saltpeter to it. From Wordnik.com. [Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure] Reference
Rub well into a round of beef a half pound of saltpeter, finely powdered. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882] Reference
What non-metallic element is obtained from the deposits of Chili saltpeter?. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
He should have had saltpeter in his cheerios that morning to calm him down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2009] Reference
Salt, saltpeter, and condiments are generally added during the canning process. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
"Black" powder (which was sometimes brown) is a mixture of about 75 parts saltpeter. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
Neither metals, saltpeter, nor coal can fail in the depths of the moon, and we need only go. From Wordnik.com. [Round the Moon] Reference
I remember it has something to do with saltpeter ... that's nitrate of something, isn't it?. From Wordnik.com. [Enchantment]
It occurs along with bromine in salt springs and beds, and is also found in Chili saltpeter. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Pickled meats are prepared by the use of condiments, as salt, sugar, vinegar, and saltpeter. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
Perchlorates occur naturally, for example, in the saltpeter deposits in Chile, South America. From Wordnik.com. [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference
Thus, nitrogen means the producer of niter, nitrogen being a constituent of niter or saltpeter. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Chemicals including ammonium nitrate, sodium chlorate, potassium chlorate, saltpeter and sulfur. From Wordnik.com. [In A Cabin In The Woods] Reference
The crude saltpeter is dissolved in water and the solution evaporated until the saltpeter crystallizes. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
About a fluid ounce of a rather dirty-looking solution of saltpeter resulted, to which a little sugar was added. From Wordnik.com. [Adrift in the Ice-Fields] Reference
Second, dissolved in water at the rate of two ounces of saltpeter to eight gallons of water, and sprinkled over the beds. From Wordnik.com. [Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure] Reference
By CHARLES K. GALLAGHER -- Primitive process for extracting saltpeter from earth and other material -- 1 illustration. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887] Reference
Boil and skim, add a pinch of saltpeter and tablespoonful of sugar for each pint of salt -- the pinches must not be large. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
England blockaded all the seaports of Europe, the First Napoleon obtained saltpeter for gunpowder from the cesspits in Paris. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference
There are many factories of saltpeter in India whose supplies are derived from this source; and during the great French wars, when. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference
The discovery of gunpowder, a compound of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulphur, has often been attributed to Bacon, probably incorrectly. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Various cigarettes and pastilles, usually containing stramonium and saltpeter, are sold by druggists for the use of asthmatic patients. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
Early European powder "recipes" called for equal parts of the three ingredients, but gradually the amount of saltpeter was increased until. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
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