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Meanings of saltpetre in anglès

portuguès
nitrato de potassio
català
salnitre
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(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.

        salnitre
        Usage of saltpetre in anglès
        1
        Gunpowder was also made with saltpetre and sulphur found in the country.
        In the Forbidden Land / An account of a journey in Tibet, captur...
        2
        But I could find no saltpetre; indeed, no nitrates of any kind.
        The Time Machine
        3
        A large building in which quantities of saltpetre was stored caught next.
        A Little Girl in Old New York
        4
        There is no appearance of sulphur, saltpetre or any other combustible material.
        The French in the Heart of America
        5
        He got saltpetre and one or two other things from the chemist.
        The Rocks of Valpré
        6
        Salt and saltpetre are 'made from the soil immediately round the town.
        A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II
        7
        The earth was as bleached as though covered with snow or saltpetre.
        The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
        8
        Gold is the most abundant; but saltpetre and naphtha are among the products.
        The World of Waters, Or, A Peaceful Progress O'er the Unpathed S...
        9
        The saltpetre acts on the kidneys, carrying off the impurities in this way.
        Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
        10
        For the time being saltpetre is obtained by all countries from Chile only.
        The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
        11
        Round about them there is a thin crust of saltpetre, magnesia, and salt.
        Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
        12
        What shall she do when her stock of saltpetre runs out?
        The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
        13
        Rotten lemons, iron filings, and saltpetre, by all that is abominable!
        In New Granada; Or, Heroes and Patriots
        14
        I heard the spluttering of a port-fire, and smelt the saltpetre of the match.
        A Set of Six
        15
        Neither metal, saltpetre, nor coal can be wanting in the bowels of the moon.
        The Moon-Voyage
        16
        Parisians discovered saltpetre in their cellars when they no longer received any from abroad.
        The Conquest of Bread
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