Examples of 'saltpetre' in a sentence
Meaning of "saltpetre"
saltpetre (noun) - an alternative spelling for 'saltpeter,' which is a chemical compound used in gunpowder, fireworks, fertilizers, and food preservation
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- Potassium nitrate.
- Sodium nitrate.
- To treat with saltpetre.
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The sacks of saltpetre in the barn were stolen.
We should prosecute over the lost saltpetre.
Saltpetre mixed with carbon is considerably explosive.
The cooling effect of saltpetre made it possible.
The saltpetre was used in the production of gunpowder.
Flash powder with sugar and saltpetre.
The effect of saltpetre is to leave a white efflorescence.
The rain is bringing down tons of saltpetre.
They used to put saltpetre in bullets.
Gunpowder can not be made without saltpetre.
Tons of saltpetre are falling on the roofs.
It seems they look for saltpetre.
Sulphur and saltpetre make gunpowder.
Saltpetre runs through my veins too.
The works included a saltpetre refinery and a cooperage.
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Saltpetre now had a free hand.
Old recipes use saltpetre which is not recommended.
Too much water mixing with the saltpetre.
Notes on making saltpetre from the earth of the caves.
As long as you put six parts saltpetre in there.
Saltpetre and sugar mostly.
Must have sat in something of saltpetre.
Saltpetre we have in plenty.
Gunpowder is made of saltpetre and sulphur.
One fiftieth of the weight of the salt in saltpetre.
The mine of our mercury is our saltpetre not that of the vulgar.
There is only one place where one can find refined saltpetre.
They did so mixing clay and saltpetre they carried aboard the ship.
Do something have sat in saltpetre.
The reaction was between melted saltpetre and acetic acid which produced a red vapor.
It contains a small saltpetre.
We get saltpetre from Chile and guano from Peru.
With hands full of saltpetre.
The saltpetre we stole had already been sold to the Royal Navy.
Sulfur and saltpetre.
Saltpetre in the cellar - causes and dangers.
It will encompass other heritage sectors where saltpetre works are located.
Paper and saltpetre gives a five-second fuse.
A surviving building from its industrial past is a former saltpetre refinery for a gunpowder factory.
Saltpetre with that much salt is a long-lasting preservative.
Under normal circumstances the vast majority of this saltpetre is used for fertilizer purposes.
Potassium nitrate is one of several nitrogen-containing compounds collectively referred to as saltpeter or saltpetre.
The collapse of the guano industry led to a boom in saltpetre extraction in southern Peru.
For example, the creation of a cloth factory or a plant for the production of saltpetre.
Do not make me eat saltpetre as if it were barley!
He helps the British regain control of the saltpetre trade.
Saltpetre everywhere Sometimes a cat comes in and stares… not unkindly.
At the same time mining activity in Chile reoriented to saltpetre operations.
It should not be confused with Chile saltpetre or Peru saltpetre, which is sodium nitrate.
Total whiteout, as long as you put six parts of saltpetre in there.
