(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
1And all that was in the bottle was sweet spirits of niter.
2The regulus of cobalt, dissolved in spirit of niter, gives a red.
3Probably extract their niter from the dung of their horses and cows.
4This niter-soaked fabric I thought might serve as tinder for the spark.
5Trails of niter ran down the walls like melted wax.
6Then they leached it, pouring water on it in improvised tubs, and dissolving the niter.
7It was like vinegar upon niter, or the singing of songs to an heavy heart.
8Thick shadows clung to the brick-and-niter walls.
9Usually the niter will relieve the constipation; yet if it should prove obstinate, laxatives may be carefully given.
10Aconite may be given in conjunction with the niter when the heart is greatly excited and beats strongly.
11We therefore conclude, that either the niter or the small excess of potassium bromide, or both together, produce the change.
12He created artificial niter beds, from which sufficient saltpeter was obtained, and within a year was furnishing the finest powder.
13The wreck is full of niter and, once we have a fire, I can burn all the jungle into charcoal!
15It is a white, crystallizable salt of a taste resembling that of niter, soluble in water and alcohol, and extremely poisonous.
16I find that this dust is strongly impregnated with niter; from niter we obtain saltpeter and from saltpeter we make gunpowder.