Saltpeter
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Cyrus Harding still needed, in view of his future preparation, another substance, nitrate of potash, which is better known under the name of salt niter, or of
saltpeter
.
More example sentences with word saltpeter
How can I make gunpowder on my ship when I have no saltpeter, sulfur, or charcoal?"
When the wormwood was properly dried it provided them with a very inflammable substance, especially afterwards when the engineer had impregnated it with nitrate of potash, of which the island possessed several beds, and which is in truth
saltpeter.
Procure us some iron for the barrels, steel for the hammers,
saltpeter.
But this acid was wanting, and he would have been in some difficulty, if nature had not happily furnished the saltpeter, without giving them any other trouble than that of picking it up.
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