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Meanings of nitre in English
(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
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Examples for "saltpetre"
Examples for "saltpetre"
1
Gunpowder was also made with saltpetre and sulphur found in the country.
2
But I could find no saltpetre; indeed, no nitrates of any kind.
3
A large building in which quantities of saltpetre was stored caught next.
4
There is no appearance of sulphur, saltpetre or any other combustible material.
5
He got saltpetre and one or two other things from the chemist.
1
But I could find no saltpeter; indeed, no nitrates of any kind.
2
I thought Don needed ten pounds of saltpeter pumped up a catheter.
3
The bag is in case you spot saltpeter crystals along the way.
4
Procure us some iron for the barrels, steel for the hammers, saltpeter.
5
They found a place where saltpeter was very thinly and erratically distributed.
1
And all that was in the bottle was sweet spirits of niter.
2
The regulus of cobalt, dissolved in spirit of niter, gives a red.
3
Probably extract their niter from the dung of their horses and cows.
4
This niter-soaked fabric I thought might serve as tinder for the spark.
5
Trails of niter ran down the walls like melted wax.
1
On cooling, potassium nitrate crystallizes out, leaving small amounts of the other salts in solution.
2
As the potassium nitrate burns, it lets off oxygen.
3
Gunpowder, a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate, gets its oxygen from the nitrate.
4
Instead, they'd purchased potassium nitrate for use in glass-making-glassmaking being their stated business and occupation.
5
Among the ingredients are barium nitrate, potassium perchlorate, powdered aluminum, powdered magnesium, potassium nitrate, and sulphur.
Usage of nitre in English
1
The regulus of cobalt, dissolved in spirit of nitre, gives a red.
2
As in orange ochre, powdered nitre may be employed in its preparation.
3
It is the salt of their speech, the nitre of their wit.
4
A tea-spoonful of sweet spirits of nitre will sometimes bring early relief.
5
I'll bring a bottle of nitre in my bag,-andshe bustled out.
6
In a little while the nitre began to come in to the powder-factories.
7
The ore is ground with the nitre to ensure complete mixing.
8
As nitre cleanses the body, so distempers and other chastisements purify the soul.
9
No doubt the hypocritical condolences of his children were as vinegar upon nitre.
10
The fungus is cut into slices and then steeped in a solution of nitre.
11
I have mixed the above with a foam of nitre, and it worked well.
12
I am only taking nitre, and in a week I shall be quite well again.
13
Some contain azotic gas, which contributes to produce nitre.
14
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Women workers preparing nitre to be taken to the Gretna munitions factory.
15
The water is of a moderate heat, and appears to be strongly impregnated with nitre.
16
But how to get this nitre was a question.
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