Definition of Saltpeters

1. saltpeter [n] - See also: saltpeter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saltpeters

saltmouth
saltmouths
saltness
saltnesses
salto
salto mortale
saltoed
saltoing
saltopus
saltopuses
saltos
saltpan
saltpans
saltpeter
saltpeter paper
saltpeters (current term)
saltpetre
saltpetres
saltpetrous
saltproof
salts
saltshaker
saltshakers
saltus
saltuses
saltweed
saltweeds

Literary usage of Saltpeters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biochemical Catalysts in Life and Industry: Proteolytic Enzymes by Jean Effront (1917)
"Working in another field, Muntz and Laine, by studying in detail the conditions for the formation of natural saltpeters, have succeeded in instituting a ..."

2. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1909)
"Besides the India and the Chile saltpeters, many other solid substances that contain oxygen and will give up their bodies.en T oxygen easily, on heating, ..."

3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Mines (1911)
"Besides the India and the Chile saltpeters, many other solid substances that contain oxygen and will give up their othsr oxygen easily, on heating, ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"... nitrate be present, these are suitable for the valuation of saltpeters and are obviously not sufficiently refined for the purposes of water analysis. ..."

5. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... "powders and saltpeters," military justice, the interpreters' corps, etc. Reserve Troops.—These comprise 145 regiments of infantry and three battalions ..."

6. Biochemical Catalysts in Life and Industry: Proteolytic Enzymes by Jean Effront (1917)
"Working in another field, Muntz and Laine, by studying in detail the conditions for the formation of natural saltpeters, have succeeded in instituting a ..."

7. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1909)
"Besides the India and the Chile saltpeters, many other solid substances that contain oxygen and will give up their bodies.en T oxygen easily, on heating, ..."

8. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Mines (1911)
"Besides the India and the Chile saltpeters, many other solid substances that contain oxygen and will give up their othsr oxygen easily, on heating, ..."

9. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"... nitrate be present, these are suitable for the valuation of saltpeters and are obviously not sufficiently refined for the purposes of water analysis. ..."

10. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... "powders and saltpeters," military justice, the interpreters' corps, etc. Reserve Troops.—These comprise 145 regiments of infantry and three battalions ..."

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