10 LIVRES EN ANGLAIS EN RAPPORT AVEC «SALTPETRE»
Découvrez l'usage de
saltpetre dans la sélection bibliographique suivante. Des livres en rapport avec
saltpetre et de courts extraits de ceux-ci pour replacer dans son contexte son utilisation littéraire.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
Rockets of one pound. — Meal-powder 2 lb. saltpetre 8 oz. brimstone 4 oz.
charcoal 2 oz. and steel-filings i^- oz. Sky-rockets in general,— I. Saltpetre 4 lb.
brimstone I lb. and charcoal l-J lb. II. Saltpetre 4 Ib. brimstone I-} Ib. charcoal I lb.
1 2 oz.
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Gunpowder, Explosives and the State: A Technological History
An indication of this is the decision of the King in 1783 to limit the annual
saltpetre production to 30 000 lispounds (255 tonnes) annually. Further
institutional change in support of the building of saltpetre barns came in 1 805
when the saltpetre ...
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Encyclopædia britannica: or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, ...
4. oz. saltpetre 4 oz. and charcoal 2 oz. Rocketi of eight ounce:. I. Mealed powder
1 lb. saltpetre 4 oz. brimstone 3 oz. and charcoal I i oz. II. Meal-powder I f lb. and
charcoal 4 s oz. Rockets of one pound. Meal-powder 2 lb. saltpetre -8 oz.
Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig,
1797
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A new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences: ...
9. Charges for sky rockets, &c. Rockets of four ounces. Meal-powder one lb. four
oz. saltpetre four oz. and charcoal two oz. Rockets of eight ounces. 1. Meal-
powder one lb. saltpetre four oz. brimstone three oz. and charcoal one and a half
oz.
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The cabinet of arts: or, General instructor in arts, ...
Method I. Meal powder 1 lb. saltpetre 4oz. brimstone 3 oz. and charcoal l^oz.
Method II. Meal powder 1 i lb. and charcoal i\ oz. Rockets of one pound. — Meal
powder 2 lb. saltpetre 8 oz. brimstone 4 oz. charcoal 2oz. and steel-filings 4^ oz.
Hewson Clarke, John Dougall,
1817
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The cabinet of arts, or, General instructor in arts, ...
4 os. saltpetre 4 e#^nucl charcoal 2 oz. , ^.,8, Rockets of eight ounces- — Method
I. Meal powder, 1 lb. saltpetre 4oz. brimstone 3 oz. and charcoal l^oz. Method II.
Meal powder l£ lb. and charcoal 4) oz. Rockets of one pound. — Meal powder 2 ...
Hewson Clarke, John Dougall,
1817
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
Saltpetre 8 and a half oz. sulphur j, antimony i oz. \o dr. Stars as a sine c- Jciur.
Sulphur i oz. meal-powder i, saltpetre i, camphor 4 dr. oil of turpentine 4 dr. 12.
Rain's. Gold rain fat -siy-rocketi. Saltpetre 1 lb. meal-powder 4 oz. sulphur 4,
brass ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis,
1807
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
The French chemists, during the incessant wars occasioned by the revolution, for
the sake of supplying their armies with gunpowder, turned their attention to the
best method of re6ning saltpetre. The following are directions given for this ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis,
1816
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Cases Decided in the United States Court of Claims
lect that the entire quantity of saltpetre, so imported, was examined in my
presence by Granville S. Oldfield, of Baltimore, and was found and reported by
him to he crude saltpetre. I think, to the hest of my recollection, there was some
difficulty at ...
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Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives and ...
lect that the entire quantity of saltpetre, so imported, was examined in my
presence by Granville S. Oldfield, of Baltimore, and was found and reported by
him to be crude saltpetre. I think, to the best of my recollection, there was some
difliculty at ...
United States. Court of Claims,
1856
10 ACTUALITÉS CONTENANT LE TERME «SALTPETRE»
Découvrez de quoi on parle dans les médias nationaux et internationaux et comment le terme
saltpetre est employé dans le contexte des actualités suivantes.
Another bloody Sunday: when Kent blew up in 1916
... out in a contributor: 'Very like great bowls of cold punch… they contain a yellowish liquid… some of them seem full of frozen macaroni… crystals of saltpetre.'. «Spectator.co.uk, mai 15»
Potent potassium
Saltpetre (KNO3) for example, once the most important potassium compound, was a superior oxidant in gunpowder for ancient firearms compared with its more ... «Nature.com, avril 15»
Humberstone: A Chilean ghost town's English past
"During the golden age of saltpetre, from 1880 to 1930, it was monumentally important," says Julio Pinto, a historian at the University of Santiago in the Chilean ... «BBC News, févr 15»
Cured meats, the new favourite, aren't most healthy
This is highly seasoned with herbs, spices, garlic flavouring, salt, and preservatives such as sugar and saltpetre (potassium nitrate), sodium nitrate. Casings ... «The Indian Express, janv 15»
Brixton Spiced Beef
This is because I used saltpetre in my cure which is a nitrate traditonally used to preserve meats such as bacon or pastrami and prevent it losing its attractive ... «Brixton Blog, déc 14»
Irritating the world since 937 (at least)
"This past week, and the two prior to it, more poison fell from the sky than words can describe: ash, volcanic hairs, rain full of sulphur and saltpetre, all of it mixed ... «The Arctic Journal, sept 14»
Op-ed: Call the morgue; environmentalists are at it again
... so worried that Alfred Nobel's invention of dynamite (TNT) might be dangerous that they actually banned it, creating L'Administration des Poudres et Saltpetre. «ConsumerAffairs, juin 14»
Nobel's explosive recipe for peace
Gunpowder is a mixture of relatively innocuous chemicals: saltpetre, charcoal and sulphur. The charcoal and sulphur act as fuels, while, given a suitable push, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, sept 13»
Making things cold - a history of science, technology and culture
Our ancestors first created ice by dissolving 'saltpetre' (potassium nitrate) in water and then pouring the mix into long-necked bottles that were then rotated. «Cordis News, sept 13»
The nitrogen fix
When Germany was denied access to Chile's saltpetre during the First World War, the Haber–Bosch process gave it — and the world — an alternative, which it ... «Nature.com, sept 13»