| 单词 | nitre |
| 例句 | The walls were discolored with patches of nitre. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He took a healthy swallow of wine and closed his eyes for an instant, leaning his head back against the patch of nitre on the wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He remembered walls of pale red stone festooned with patches of nitre, a grey door of splintered wood, four inches thick and studded with iron. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They were in a long, dim cellar with barrel-vaulted ceilings, its stone walls spotted with nitre. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The nitre beds were large rectangles of rotted manure and straw, moistened weekly with urine, “dung water,” and liquid from privies, cesspools and drains, and turned over regularly, according to accounts at the time. During the Civil War, the enslaved were given an especially odious job. The pay went to their owners. 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z After this, reduce for a few days the amount of the animal’s food, and administer a small portion of nitre and sulphur in each morning’s meal. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z A poor cigar irritates the throat aside from the regular effect of the tobacco, especially if there is much nitre in the wrapper. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z But if any soluble salt, such as borax, nitre, or soda, is employed, it is necessary to render them insoluble, by vitrifying them together with other substances. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Its chief mineral products are coal, nitre, sulphur, alum, soda, saltpetre, gypsum, porcelain-earth, pipe-clay, asphalt, petroleum, marble and ores of gold, silver, mercury, copper, iron, lead, zinc, antimony, cobalt and arsenic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Many of the records come from the Confederate nitre and mining bureau, which was set up to produce saltpeter, among other things. During the Civil War, the enslaved were given an especially odious job. The pay went to their owners. 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Give in every meal afterward one table-spoonful of flour of sulphur, and as much nitre as will cover a dime, for from three days to a week, according to the state of the disease. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z "With an infusion of nitre the vines are equal to Cyclops"—is that it? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Feb 3, 1872 2012-02-10T03:00:16.947Z A little nitre or saltpetre is used as an oxidizing agent. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Be this as it may, the statement of the sacred writer is clear, and we may safely interpret it as implying a shower of inflamed sulphur or nitre. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z On Nov. 13, 1862, the Confederate government advertised in the Charleston Daily Courier for 20 or 30 “able bodied Negro men” to work in the new nitre beds at Ashley Ferry, S.C. During the Civil War, the enslaved were given an especially odious job. The pay went to their owners. 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Dry him well afterward, and let him remain as he is, having again changed his bedding, for a day or so; continue the sulphur and nitre as before. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The body was next pickled in nitre, for seventy days, and then enveloped in bandages of fine linen and gums. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z The gilt surface is then covered over with nitre, alum or other salts, ground together, and mixed up into a paste with water or weak ammonia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z In the chemical examination of gunpowder the points to be ascertained are, in addition to moisture, freedom from chlorides or sulphates, and correct proportion of nitre and sulphur to charcoal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z When it occurs in young lambs, sweet spirit of nitre, given in the quantity of a tea-spoonful twice a-day, is found to be attended with the happiest effects. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Sulphur and nitre should be given in the food, as the appearance of these swellings, whatever be their cause, indicates the necessity of alterative medicines. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z To add to his scanty resources, he made lye, nitre and saltpetre on shares and his process and progress he records in detail. Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck 2011-11-26T03:00:16.703Z "I give 'em all sweet spit of nitre For that, myself: that sometimes cures." Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z The specific gravity of nitre is 2.2 : 200 grams will therefore occupy about 100 cubic centimetres volume. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z I'm going to spend the afternoon feeding him with sweet spirits of nitre out of a spoon, and teaching him his catechism. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Changed "neutralized" to "neutralised" in footnote 21 on page 237: "neutralised by the nitre." De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Cowhage, corrosive sublimate, tin-filings, sugar of lead, white precipitate, oil of turpentine, opium nitre—these, together with aloes, jalap, tobacco, hellebore, and a very small proportion of sanative agents, make up the list. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The bullion left in the retorts is then melted in black-lead crucibles, with the addition of small quantities of suitable fluxes, e.g. nitre, sodium carbonate, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The pieces also break up owing to the formation of large crystals of nitre in the mass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z The "more powerful" would be a basic flux in which the reducing action of the argols would be largely neutralised by the nitre. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Bengal′-light, a brilliant signal-light used at sea in a case of shipwreck, and in ordinary pyrotechny for illuminating a district of country—prepared from nitre, sulphur, and the black sulphide of antimony. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The fusion results in the formation of a gold-antimony alloy, from which the antimony is removed by an oxidizing fusion with nitre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The composition of English powder seems to have settled down to 75 nitre, 15 charcoal, and 10 sulphur, somewhere about the middle of the 18th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z It detonates with nitre, and what remains of equal parts of nitre and regulus of antimony after detonation, in a hot crucible, is called diaphoretic antimony. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z We first find mention of parting with sulphur in the 12th century, with nitric acid prior to the 14th century, by antimony sulphide prior to the 15th century, and by cementation with nitre by Agricola. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Still, such effects are not rare in our mountains, where the nitre formed in the permanent snows produces singular effects on our persons. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The precipitate is collected in a filter-press, and then roasted in muffle furnaces with nitre, borax and sodium carbonate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Roger Bacon had not only refined and obtained pure nitre, but had appreciated the importance of thoroughly mixing the components of the powder. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Its affinity to water enables it to dissolve ice, and to deprive borax, nitre, and other saline substances, of the water that enters into their composition. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z As to the other ingredients, apart from nitre, salt, vitriol, and brickdust, they can have been of no use. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z A solution of gelatin containing readily crystallized salts—alum, nitre, &c.—solidifies with the formation of pretty designs; this is the basis of the so-called “crystalline glass” used for purposes of ornamentation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z It is necessary to remove as completely as possible any lead, tin, bismuth, antimony, arsenic and tellurium, impurities which impair the properties of gold and silver, by an oxidizing fusion, e.g. with nitre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Crude nitre, obtained from soils or other sources, is purified by recrystallization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z But it is usually procured from nitre by means of the vitriolic acid, which, seizing its base, expels the nitrous acid in a liquid form. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z We may also add that those of Biringuccio and all other writers prior to Agricola were of the same kind, our author being the first to mention those with nitre. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Great care is taken that they are not overheated or overfed during a sea voyage, and, therefore, bran, with occasional doses of nitre, forms a large proportion of their daily food. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z But God made you of nitre, not of flesh, and have a care that you run not to fluid. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z By rapidly cooling and agitating the nitre solution crystals are obtained of sufficient fineness for the manufacture of powder without special grinding. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z By means of its affinity with phlogiston it occasions that rapid accension called detonation, when any salt containing this acid, especially nitre, is applied to hot charcoal, or when charcoal is put to hot nitre. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Their characters immingle in our own,—the affluence or the indigence of their intellects, the sugar or the nitre of their wit, the shifting sand or the unwedgeable iron of their moral natures. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z Probably petroleum, tar, sulphur, and nitre were its chief ingredients. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z I now beat this to a very fine powder, and treated it with a strong flux of nitre and dry carbonate of soda, adding some iron filings to absorb the last portions of sulphur. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Nearly all the gases of the powder explosion are derived from the nitre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z In fact, the charcoal burns so rapidly by means of the dephlogisticated air supplied by the nitre. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The manufacture of cannon, guns, and gunpowder was encouraged and attempts were made to increase the supplies of lead, nitre, and salt. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The stem contains nitre, and the whole plant readily gives its flavour even to cold water. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z On the banks of the Maramec and the Gasconade are found numerous caves, which yield an earth impregnated largely with nitre, procured from it by lixiviation. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Those who practised polypharmacy administered at night a mixture of nitre, camphor, red-lead, and rhubarb, in half a pailful of warm water; and greatly did they boast of the active influence of this beverage. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z Nitre also enters into the composition of pulvis fulminans, viz. three parts nitre, two of dry alkali, and one of sulphur. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Ethyl nitrite, C2H5NO2, constitutes sweet spirits of nitre when dissolved in alcohol. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z These two, it is well known, when properly mixed in certain proportions with the oxidizing agent nitre, constitute gunpowder; and gunpowder plays an important part in the construction of most fireworks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z On the head of Currents river are also found several caves, from which nitre is procured; the principal of which is Ashley's cave, on Cave creek, about eighty miles south-west of Potosi. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Cold in the eyes and sneezing may be relieved by sweet spirits of nitre, 1 drachm; minocrerus spirit, 3 drachms; antimony wine, 1 drachm; water to 1� oz. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z When fully saturated, this solution deposits crystals, which are called lunar nitre, or nitre of silver. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The composition of this fire, stones, and cinders, are sulphur, nitre, quicksilver, sal ammoniac, lead, iron, brass, and all other metals. Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos 2011-03-02T03:00:27.050Z We should expect from this statement that when we put vinegar upon what we call nitre, it would produce some commotion analogous to the excitement of song-singing. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z When the purchased time is up, the bones and the earth derived from the decomposed corpses are removed and sold to the manufacturers of nitre! The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z When God shall purge this Land with soap and nitre, Woe be to the Crowne, woe be to the Mitre. The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America 2011-01-17T03:00:44.767Z A strong heat will decompose this lunar nitre, and recover the silver. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z She was also the first maker of salt—that all-important condiment and sanitary agent—and the first to obtain nitre from wood ashes. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Here, too, we should expect that the use of the nitre would increase the purifying power of the soap; but the experiment would prove rather the reverse. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Glauber salts, 2 drachms nitre, and 15 grains tartarized antimony, dissolved in a bucket of water, which the animal will drink when thirsty. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. The pickling of foods by salt, or vinegar, or nitre, is due to the action of these substances as antiseptics, and a similar principle, aided by boiling, underlies the making of jams. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis It acts in many respects like an acid, as it decomposes nitre by distillation, when the nitrous acid flies off, and the arsenical salt of Macquer remains behind. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The port is connected by railway with the silver and other mines lying inland, and exports silver, copper, cubic nitre, &c., partly from Bolivia. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli They thence conclude that nitre was unknown to Geber, and thus, because it was known to Marcus, that he lived subsequently; and for this reason they place Marcus between the ninth and twelfth century. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 A small quantity of nitre is then put in the butter. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. One day we perceived one of these creatures licking up the nitre in a small place encircled with rocks. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 It is astonishing how cunningly life prepares for its explosions, how adroitly it combines the nitre, the charcoal, the sulphur, of human nature. Hempfield A Novel We passed a large bed of nitre, out of which saltpetre was manufactured for Confederate States' use. An Artilleryman's Diary Scarce with more sudden terror and surprise, From his black mask of nitre, touch’d by fire, 880 He bursts, expands, roars, blazes, and devours. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes A dose of Epsom salts to which is added a small quantity of spirit of nitre should be given, as the pig affected will almost invariably refuse food for a time. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing The long-tailed oxen and the camels regaled themselves with the nitre and salt which they had every where about for the picking up. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 By the accidental mixing of a little nitre and potash, gunpowder was discovered. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 However wretched the land may be on which it is put to feed, it can always find wherewith to satisfy its hunger, especially if the soil be impregnated with salt or nitre. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] It was furnished them by La Valette, and consisted of an iron hoop, wound round with cloth steeped in nitre and bituminous substances, which, when ignited, burned with inextinguishable fury. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 After a filtering through wood-ashes, the water which held the nitre in solution was boiled down, and left to evaporate, after which the crystals of saltpetre remained. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Then fill the shell with a mixture made of three parts of very dry pounded nitre, one part of flowers of sulphur, and a little saw-dust well sifted. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments Thus they obtained the spirit of wine, the spirit of salt, the spirit of nitre. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Upon the elder elevations they are dried up, calcined by the nitre, brittle, and in shreds. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] But this improvement was arrested, and a few words of this class retain their French orthography: such as metre, mitre, nitre, spectre, sceptre, theatre, sepulchre, and sometimes centre. Noah Webster American Men of Letters It was no doubt in the fascinating hunt for lumps of this pure nitre that the early prospectors discovered that the streams which disappeared into the sink-holes made their way into caverns underground. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place To the pure spirit of vitriol or nitre, add eight times as much water. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments But when the disease is accompanied by a fever, nothing is more proper than nitre, given in as large quantities as the stomach will bear. Medica Sacra or a Commentary on on the Most Remarkable Diseases Mentioned in the Holy Scriptures Nitrate of soda, or cubical nitre, which is found in South America, consists of soda and nitric acid. The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools A weak solution of nitre is best for soaking the seed. Soil Culture The discoverer of a cave had hopes that by entering he might find nitre beds richer than those he could uncover on the surface, and this often turned out to be true. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Charcoal is a preservative, by which the saltpetre and brimstone are made into gunpowder, by preventing the sulphur from suffocating the strong and windy exhalation of the nitre. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments These old castles were difficult to keep clean, and my lord the Count was fussy about nitre collecting in the seams between the stones of the walls. The Eyes Have It In deflagration with nitre, azotic gas is likewise disengaged, because azote is one of the constituent elements of nitric acid. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries Syringe the trees with a weak solution of nitre, one ounce in a gallon of water, which will destroy the fungus and invigorate the tree. Soil Culture No wonder that prospectors went about looking for nitre beds in the overhanging ledges of rocks along stream-beds. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place I know what gunpowder’s made of—nitre, brimstone, and charcoal; and besides, we had no light.” The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam Happily for her, Basil was not a particularly demonstrative man; for every caress from him was "as vinegar upon nitre;" she did not show repulsion, that was all. Diana In this manner I have sometimes collected the gas produced from the deflagration of an ounce and half, or two ounces, of nitre. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries This series of facts, relating to air extracted from nitre, appear to me to be very extraordinary and important, and, in able hands, may lead to considerable discoveries. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air In such situations the deposits of nitre were found. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place The painting tincture of iodine behind the angle of the jaw, or the touching the tonsils with caustic, iodine, alum, tannin, or sweet spirits of nitre are utterly futile proceedings. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases As they could not readily find stones to rest their kettles on, they used for this purpose some of these pieces of nitre. Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements The acid of nitre is susceptible of assuming a great number of separate states, depending upon its degree of oxygenation, or upon the proportions in which azote and oxygen enter into its composition. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries The crystallization of nitre makes no sensible alteration in the air in which the process is made. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air The pioneers found rich deposits of nitre in the "Great Cave," as they called it. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place If, in spite of this care, the skin seems anywhere to be red or chafed, it should be sponged over with brandy or with sweet spirits of nitre before powdering. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases The fire, which gradually dissolved the nitre, and mixed it with the sand, occasioned a transparent matter to flow, which in fact was nothing less than glass.' Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements Nitrated iron. manganese manganese Nitre of manganese. cobalt cobalt Nitre of cobalt. nickel nickel Nitre of nickel. lead lead Saturnine nitre. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries For this purpose I dissolved as much nitre as a quantity of hot water would contain, and let it cool under a receiver, standing in water. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Cooling and saline purgatives were advantageously employed, as well as the saline mixture, and nitre and camphor in small and repeated doses, a very favourite practice in the place. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Or dissolve one ounce of nitre in a pint of spring water, and put a quarter of a pint to every fifteen gallons of milk. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Waiting an instant till he saw the nitre sparkle as it ignited, he moved away with long, swinging strides toward the sheds. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life Mr de la Place and I deflagrated a convenient quantity of nitre and charcoal in an ice apparatus, and found that twelve pounds of ice were melted by the deflagration of one pound of nitre. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries I observed, however, that inflammable air, mixed with the fumes of smoking spirit of nitre, goes off at one explosion, exactly like a mixture of half common and half inflammable air. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air The usual proportions, according to Van-ta-gin's information are, 50 pounds of nitre, 25 —— sulphur, 25 —— charcoal. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton If it be opened sooner, the salts are not sufficiently blended with it, and sometimes the coolness of the nitre will then be perceived, which totally disappears afterwards. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Make a good brew, Goody, make a good brew—amber and nitre and wormwood—vinegar and quinces and myrrh—with wormwood, camphor, and the fresh flowers of the camomile. Harding's luck We shall see, in the sequel, that one pound of nitre is composed, as under, of Potash 7 oz. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries The effect above-mentioned must, therefore, have been owing to the fumes of the spirit of nitre supplying the place of common air for the purpose of ignition, which is analogous to other experiments with nitre. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air It was the native nitre of the country on which they were occupied, and the test was its deflagration. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 An excellent diet drink may be made of toast and water, with the addition of a little vinegar, or a few grains of nitre. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The great cave, near Crooked Creek, is supposed to contain a million pounds of nitre. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe "I take care to dip your clothes in a weak solution of nitre before they are worn; for that prevents their blazing, even if they should catch fire," said mamma. The Nursery, November 1877, Vol. XXII. No. 5 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Whether any of the spirit of nitre contained in the nitrous air be mixed with the water in this operation, I have not yet endeavoured to determine. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air When nitre, for instance, is burned with carbonaceous matter, the product is carbonate of potash. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Violent bleeding at the nose may sometimes be prevented by applying lint dipped in vinegar, or a strong solution of white vitriol, with fomentations of the temples and forehead made of nitre dissolved in water. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families They are also of considerable importance in a commercial view, from the quantity of nitre they afford. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Potassium citrate, fifteen grains, and sweet spirit of nitre, fifteen drops, may be given in water to advantage three times daily. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) It is remarkable that gunpowder will take fire, and explode in all kinds of air, without distinction, and that other substances which contain nitre will burn freely in those circumstances. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air When nitre is burned with sulphur, the product is sulphate of potash, etc. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Death often occurs in this, as in the former type of pernicious malaria, yet vigorous treatment with quinine, iron, and nitre will frequently prove curative in either form. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) For common drink mere water, and, if the impulse of passion should increase, a small quantify of nitre, vinegar, or vitrolic acid, may, occasionally be added to the water to make it more cooling. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction In all diseases of indirect debility, therefore, it is proper to attempt the introduction of oxygen into the system, by the oxygenated muriate of potash, acid fruits, nitre, &c. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease For this purpose I have used bismuth and nickel, with spirit of nitre only, and regulus of antimony and platina, with aqua regia. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air These have all been called generically, even in modern times, nitre, having each a certain prefix well understood by the adept, or chemist, of the day. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Hence small doses of emetic tartar, and ipecacuanha, and large doses of nitre, by producing nausea debilitate and lessen the energy of the circulation, and are thence useful in inflammatory diseases. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Taking thy journey from the sea May'st thou ne'er happen in thy way On nitre or on brimstone mine, To spoil thy taste! A History of Elizabethan Literature Lead, iron, coal, gypsum, manganese, zinc, antimony, cobalt, ochre of various kinds, common salt, nitre, plumbago, porphyry, jasper, chalcedony, buhrstone, marble, and freestone, of various qualities. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West I got little or no air from lead by spirit of nitre, and have not yet made any experiments to ascertain the nature of this solution. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Previous to the introduction of this method of manufacture, the demand for saltpetre for gunpowder had become so great, that every source of nitre was eagerly sought for. Manures and the principles of manuring Even local manufacture of the purging salts and nitre aided in eliminating shortages of these essential items, and at the same time initiated the first large-scale pharmaceutical manufacturing in America. Drug Supplies in the American Revolution Jerome tells us,1405 that the fuller's herb which grew in the marsh places of Palestina, had the same virtue for washing and making white which nitre hath. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) In those parts of the Sierra where the soil is impregnated with nitre, bodies, which must have lain in the ground for several centuries, are found in a very fresh condition, notwithstanding the humidity. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests This experiment was made when the air was fresh made, and while it probably contained some particles of nitre, which would have been deposited afterwards. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air The most important of these nitre soils are those found in the North-west of India, in the province of Bengal. Manures and the principles of manuring French Lip Salve.—Lard, twenty-six ounces; white wax, two ounces; nitre and alum in fine powder, of each one-half ounce; alkanet to color. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources In this case there now arises in the first place the question: Are the vapours of the acid of nitre naturally red? Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 The diggings for nitre have almost obliterated the entrance to the cavity, and the fortress is already so much injured that possibly in another century scarcely a trace of the edifice will remain. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Lastly, since spirit of nitre is known to have a very remarkable affinity with phlogiston, it is far from being improbable that nitrous air may also produce the same effect by the same means. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air This goes on until a regular incrustation is formed, and the soil is covered by a white deposit of nitre. Manures and the principles of manuring If there is much inflammation of the uterus give the following: Tincture aconite leaves, Two drams; Sweet spirits of nitre, One ounce; Simple syrup, Three ounces. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources The colours of the acid of nitre are accidental. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 Around this fortress nitre is found in great abundance. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests This may perhaps be attributed to some effect of the spirit of nitre, in the composition of that brown substance. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Under the French mode of manufacture, the process was considered to have developed satisfactorily when 1000 lb. of earth, at the expiration of two years, yielded 5 lb. of nitre. Manures and the principles of manuring To Expel Freckles.—Finely powdered nitre is excellent. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources This acid has all the chief properties of acid of nitre, except that the yellow colour is wanting. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 Pereira, in "Materia Medica," though intimating that natron is not to be confounded with nitre, says, in speaking of carbonate of soda: Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. With great difficulty I also procured a small quantity of the same kind of air from a solution of iron in spirit of nitre, by the same process. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air In course of time considerable quantities of nitrates were developed, and the nitre was occasionally collected by scraping it from the surface, where it became concentrated just as in the nitre soils. Manures and the principles of manuring Take finely pulverized gum myrrh, bloodroot, and lobelia seed, or ipecac, of each half an ounce; gum camphor and nitre, of each two drams. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources I distilled mercurial nitre in the foregoing manner until the acid of nitre had separated from the residual red precipitate. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 He took mild mercurials, pills of soap, rhubarb, and tartar of vitriol, with soluble tartar and dulcified spirits of nitre in barley water. An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases I do not know any inquiry more promising than the investigation of the properties of nitre, the nitrous acid, and nitrous air. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air This mode of obtaining nitre is no longer practised to any extent, since it is now more conveniently obtained from the treatment of nitrate of soda with potassium chloride. Manures and the principles of manuring The latter, commonly called cubic nitre or Chile saltpetre, is the kind occurring in Chile. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges What is the reason that this liquefied nitre permits its volatile acid to escape immediately, when rubbed or mixed with the vegetable acids?... Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 So, in the period before and after 1808, methods of forming nitre had grave consideration. James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 The nitre was omitted, and a scruple of the Confect. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air We have adverted to these nitre plantations as showing how the conditions most favourable for the development of nitrification were recognised long before anything was known as to the true nature of the process. Manures and the principles of manuring The coagulum thus formed in the mother of nitre may be owing to a quantity of quick-lime contained in it; for quick-lime is used in extracting the salt-petre from its matrix. Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances As soon as the nitre began to glow it also began to boil, and at the same time the bladder was expanded by the air that passed over. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 How is it formed in nitre beds, extracted, and refined? James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 There is also very little, if any white cloud formed upon holding a piece of the volatile salt within the mouth of a phial containing smoking spirit of nitre. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air “Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked.” The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning He prescribed nitre, antimony, rhubarb, jalap, and spermaceti, "the sovereignest thing on earth—for an inward bruise;" and he also culled herbs and simples in vast variety. Customs and Fashions in Old New England In this case no red sublimate arose as customarily takes place with that calx which is prepared by the acid of nitre. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 What reagents are used to discover the presence of foreign substances in nitre? James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 Nitrous air is procured from all the proper metals by spirit of nitre, except lead, and from all the semi-metals that I have tried, except zinc. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air We find men taking much soap and nitre, when convinced of sin, or charged with it, and thereupon soon absolving themselves. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning A tea-spoonful of sweet spirits of nitre will sometimes bring early relief. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother It is, however, also remarkable that other bodies which attract the inflammable substance more strongly, as for example, the fuming acid of nitre, do not abstract it from the air. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 What are the nitre caves of the western country, and how is nitre extracted from the earth? James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 The smell of it, also, is very strong, and remarkable, but very much resembling that of smoking spirit of nitre. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air And it is not much soap or nitre, it is not much repentance and tears that will wash away this filthiness, no, it is of a deeper dye, it is crimson ingrained filthiness, Jer. ii. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning They had chemists who knew how to make it, but they had no nitre to make it of, and did not know at first how to get any. Strange Stories from History for Young People This I call the pure acid of nitre; as soon, however, as it comes into contact with an inflammable substance, it becomes more or less red. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 How much nitre could be manufactured from the refuse animal and vegetable matter of the City of Philadelphia in case of emergency? James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 Common Treatment.—Two teaspoonfuls of spirits of nitre, one teaspoonful paregoric, one wineglassful of camphor water. Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage Well, all is uncleanness, since your persons were once unclean,—no soap nor nitre can wash it, no holy flesh make it holy, no good wishes nor duties can make it acceptable. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning But how to get this nitre was a question. Strange Stories from History for Young People When this acid of nitre meets the air it also loses its elasticity and is converted into red vapours. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 The presentation of the earliest methods of getting nitre is extremely interesting, extended and elaborate, giving the reader a full view of pioneer conditions and endeavor. James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 Not only is gold found in these desert wastes, but borax, nitre, sulphur, silver, salt, soda, opals, garnets, turquoises, onyx, and marble form a part of its resources. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania “Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me,”—yet there is still condemnation for thee. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning It would take many days for a chemist to extract the nitre from the earth of a singly cellar, and then he would get only a pound or two of it at most. Strange Stories from History for Young People I took a glass retort which was capable of holding 8 ounces of water, and distilled fuming acid of nitre according to the usual method. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 The scheme of purification of nitre for gunpowder use is illuminating and attractive. James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 Their hair, which is by nature black, changes to an ashen colour like the skin of seals, and nitre comes out from their shoulders so that they resemble human monsters of some species. Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings There were those who thought vaguely that nitrogen was the scientific name for mosquito, while others confused it with nitre, an excellent emergency remedy for horses. The Fighting Shepherdess All the chemists were set at work teaching the people how to get a little nitre out of a great deal of earth, and then every family went to work. Strange Stories from History for Young People Anyone might object and say that the air obtained according to � 29 is perhaps nothing else than a dry acid of nitre converted into elastic vapours. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 What circumstances are necessary to produce nitre, and how does animal matter act in its production? James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 When the physic begins to operate, he should administer half a drachm of opium and half an ounce of sweet spirits of nitre. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure Gunpowder is also manufactured there; the brimstone is brought from Fas; the charcoal they make; and he believes they prepare the nitre. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa In a little while the nitre began to come in to the powder-factories. Strange Stories from History for Young People But if this opinion had any foundation, this air should not only be corrosive, but should also produce nitre anew with alkalies. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 What proportion of nitre does the saltpetre of the nitrate caves afford? James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 "The stalks and foliage contain a large proportion of nitre; and, when dried, burn like match-paper." The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. His prescription, however, was not a very alarming one: namely, castor oil and some spirits of sweet nitre. Aunt Mary Some of them were so proud and glad of the chance to help that they dressed their little packages of nitre in ribbons of the national colors, and wrote patriotic words upon them. Strange Stories from History for Young People Nevertheless, this objection would possess considerable weight were I not able to prove that several substances produce the same air as the acid of nitre does during distillation. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 You may take another dose of the nitre, and gargle your throat well with a little of it. Adrift in the Ice-Fields Great relief is frequently found from inhaling the smoke of burning nitre or saltpetre. Papers on Health I could not afford to expend my gunpowder, otherwise the nitre in it affords a certain amount of flavour, counterbalanced, to be sure, in the opinion of some people, by the sulphur and charcoal. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins A redder hue is imparted by mixing the ochre with powdered nitre before ignition, the orange red being subsequently washed with hot water. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Even before the retort was red hot the acid of nitre separated from the magnesia, and that in blood-red vapours; and at the same moment the bladder began to expand. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 The chalky earths would be searched for it, and nitre beds would be made in every cellar and every stable. Priestley in America 1794-1804 He took equal parts of cuttle bone, small white sea-shells, pumice stone, burnt stag's horn, nitre, alum, rock salt, burnt roots of iris, aristolochia, and reeds. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages The Mammoth Cave contains immense quantities of nitre. Chatterbox, 1905. It is prepared by calcining sulphate of iron, to which a little nitre may be advantageously added. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Whence comes the boiling of nitre, fused in a crucible and obscurely red-hot? Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 An examination of another portion of the salt showed— that when it was thrown upon hot coals ... it burned exactly like nitre. Priestley in America 1794-1804 The infusion should be made with cold water: when kept it forms a salt on its surface like nitre. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure During the great American Civil War, most of that used was found here, and as gunpowder contains two-thirds of nitre to all its other ingredients, these caverns were of great value to the nation. Chatterbox, 1905. As in orange ochre, powdered nitre may be employed in its preparation. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists I proceeded with the distillation until the boiling in the retort ceased, and the nitre was about to force its way through the softened retort. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 It is, also, not uncommon to find near them mines of salt and nitre; and caverns sending forth pestilential exhalations. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. The roots contain starch; and the ashes of the plant burnt when green yield carbonate of potash abundantly, with nitre, and inulin. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure It will be noted from the experiments that 1 gram of nitre kept up on the average 4 grams of lead; the range being from 3.2 with acid slags to 5.3 with very basic ones. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. It was water from the Seine with a little nitre. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Fifth Experiment.—I took a silver solution prepared with acid of nitre, and precipitated it with alkali of tartar; I washed the precipitate thus obtained and dried it. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 In modern times, the refining of sugar, the preparation of nitre, the manufacturing of acids, salts, &c., are all results of pure chemistry. Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher All parts of the plant contain nitre abundantly. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Put on a thin layer of nitre, and rather more than half fill the crucible with a mixture of equal parts of soda and nitre. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. It was next discovered that by mixing with the sulphur some nitre, much more sulphuric acid could be produced per given quantity of brimstone. The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association Mercury converted into calx by the acid of nitre, or red precipitate, treated in the same way behaved similarly. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 A man may have a quantity of sulphur, charcoal, and nitre, but it is not until he learns their properties and combinations that he can make gunpowder. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. It now contains but little nutriment of any sort, but supplies some mineral salts, especially nitre. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure If this is not satisfactory repeat the assay, adding an extra gram of nitre for each 4 grams of lead in excess of that required, or 1 gram of flour for a 12-gram deficiency. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Fill a bottle of any size half full of equal parts of pulverized alum and salt, then fill up the bottle with sweet spirits of nitre. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada "Oh, we always keep nitre on hand," and Mrs. Jason helped Mr. Brown give some to the lad. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour Burr writes that he has felt indisposed, but is better, thanks to a draught "composed of laudanum, nitre and other savoury drugs." Greenwich Village The leaves, which have no particular odour, throw up crystals of nitre on their surface when cool. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure If, on the other hand, the regulus is too fine, less nitre or less roasting is the remedy. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. One-half teaspoonful sweet spirits of nitre in one-third glass of water, for baby. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada It is made, as with us, of proportions of charcoal, sulphur, and nitre, but the composition is very imperfectly granulated, being often hastily prepared in small quantities for immediate use. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants A bitter kind of salt, called by the ancients nitre, but more commonly among us saltpetre. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. The stems and leaves supply much saline mucilage, which, when boiled and cooled, likewise deposits nitre and common salt. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Rub up in a mortar with 5 grams of nitre and fuse in a porcelain dish for ten minutes. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Another of our men had a stroke of the sun; he was bled, and took a preparation of nitre which relieved him considerably. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. This consists in mixing nitre, common salt, and alum, reduced to powder and moistened, laying the composition on the filigree and keeping it over a moderate fire until it dissolves and becomes yellow. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants Nitrogen makes the principal part of the salt we call nitre. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. The nitre in the paper causes a continuance of slow combustion, diffusing during that time the agreeable perfume of the odoriferous gums. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants The aqueous extract containing the chromate is ready for volumetric work, except in those cases where nitre has been used. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. A violently inflammable substance, supposed to have been a compound of naphtha, sulphur, and nitre, which was hurled against the enemy in battle. Browning's Shorter Poems Night and day I worked alone; and while he lay in the long nitre bath, I watched or slept beside him. Idolatry A Romance The price of the article was so high, and the profits of the manufacturer so great, as to set half the western world gadding after nitre caves—the gold mines of the day. Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844 By a Visiter The nitre being dissolved in the mucilage, is then added. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants Sulphur.—Rub up 5 grams of the ore with 5 grams of nitre, transfer to a porcelain dish, and fuse over a Bunsen burner for fifteen minutes. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The Dead Sea gave also most probably both sulphur and nitre, but the latter only in small quantities. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The mineral products of Media noted by the ancient writers are nitre, salt, and certain gems, as emeralds, lapis lazuli, and the following obscurer kinds, the zathene, the gassinades, and the narcissitis. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. There was a perfume of sulphur and nitre As he came at last to a bishop's mitre! English Satires Some bibulous paper, moistened in the serum of this blood, and suffered to dry, shewed no signs of nitre by its manner of burning. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life The solubility of the ores of copper in acid has already been described, but certain furnace products, such as slags, are best opened up by fusion with fusion mixture and a little nitre. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The chief mineral products of the Empire seem to have been bitumen, with its concomitants, naphtha and petroleum, salt, sulphur, nitre, copper, iron, perhaps silver, and several sorts of precious stones. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The nitre of Media is noticed by Pliny, who says it was procured in small quantities, and was called "halmyraga." The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Churches, play-houses, coffeehouses, all alike, are destined to be mingled, and equalized, and blended into one common rubbish,—and, well sifted, and lixiviated, to crystallize into true, democratic, explosive, insurrectionary nitre. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) But some of the same paper, moistened in the urine, and dried, on being ignited, evidently shewed the presence of nitre. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Mix with 20 grams each of powdered lime and fluor, 15 grams each of powdered glass and borax, and 5 or 10 grams of nitre. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. With but little oxide a colorless bead is obtained, in which, however, the amethyst-color may be brought out by adding a little nitre. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations If a hogshead, put to it one pound of sweet spirit of nitre, and bung it up close. The Cyder-Maker's Instructor, Sweet-Maker's Assistant, and Victualler's and Housekeeper's Director In Three Parts Pure urea is an odourless transparent crystalline substance, of cooling saline taste like nitre. The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition Paper dipped in this water, and dryed, and ignited, shewed evident marks of the presence of nitre, when the flame was blown out. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Chromic salts are oxidised to chromate by fusion with "fusion mixture" and nitre, or by treating with chlorine in an alkaline solution. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. It is then removed from the fire, and left to crystallize, whereupon it yields a large quantity of crystals of nitre, and more or less oxamide. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations Australia produces a leaf equal to Virginia, or the most fertile parts of Kentucky, but the great difficulty is to extract the superabundant "nitre." The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. That of nitre is a pointed oblong; that of sea-salt an exact cube; that of sugar a perfect globe. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) Give him spirits of nitre, in water which should not be too cold, for it would chill him. The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses Detection.—Chromium is detected by fusing the powdered substance with "fusion mixture" and nitre. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. If the manganese is present in such a minute quantity as not to perceptibly tinge the bead, the color may be made to appear by the contact of a crystal of nitre while hot. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations Blue Fire.--4 parts gunpowder meal; 2 parts nitre, 3 parts sulphur; 3 parts zinc. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Treatment: Give saline laxatives, and apply weak lead and laudanum, or limewater and sweet oil, or bathe the parts freely with spirits of nitre. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 The crystal grows, and finally we have large prisms of nitre, each of a perfectly definite shape. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 The calcination of an ore is a work occupying a good deal of time, and, in most cases, it is better to take advantage of the desulphurizing power of red lead or nitre. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The bead foams up upon the addition of the nitre, and the foam appears, after cooling, of a rose-red or violet color. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations Strain this solution, and, letting it cool gradually, somewhat less than three-fourths of the nitre will separate in regular crystals. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Powdered nitre moistened with water and applied to the face night and morning, is said to remove freckles without injury to the skin. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Dissolve nitre in water, and allow the water slowly to evaporate; the nitre remains and the solution soon becomes so concentrated that the liquid condition can no longer be preserved. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 To counteract this effect nitre is added; 1 gram is added for each 4 grams of lead in excess of that required. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Gives the manganese reaction with nitre and carbonate of soda on platinum foil. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations Or, in other words, of nitre, 16 parts; charcoal 7 parts; sulphur, 4 parts. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries It was musty, cobwebbed, and encrusted with stalactic nitre, but the spirit of rare old vintages exhaled from its depths, and visionary clusters of purplest grapes dangled in every direction. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy They arrange themselves in obedience to these forces, a minute crystal of nitre being at first produced. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 This action may be moderated by mixing the nitre with carbonate of soda, common salt, or some other inert body. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Gives a strong manganese reaction with nitre and carbonate of soda. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations Bengal Fire.--7 parts nitre; 2 parts sulphur; 1 part antimony. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries And He was a primate, and He wore a mitre, Surrounded with jewels of sulphur and nitre. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 The resultant crystal is, however, different in shape from that of nitre, because the poles of the molecules are differently disposed. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 They deflagrate when sprinkled on fused nitre, forming carbonate of potash. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Generally gives the manganese reaction with nitre and carbonate of soda. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations To the ordinary odours of carcasses and garbage, were added those of vinegar, tar, nitre, garlic, and gunpowder. The Conqueror The process of obtaining nitre from the earth is practised at Kannoge by the Natives in the most simple way imaginable, without any assistance from art. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society It consumes very slowly in the fire, and deflagrates like plumbago with nitre. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) The charge is well packed in the cylinder and provided with a small fuse of cotton saturated with nitre. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. With carbonate of soda and nitre on platinum foil gives manganese reaction. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations It is called santerna; and the principal ingredients are borax, nitre, and copperas, pounded, with a small quantity of gold and silver, in a copper mortar. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 581, December 15, 1832 They discover the spot where nitre is deposited by the small white particles which work through the strata of earth to the surface. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society He directs the juice to be given in the dose of three or four ounces every fourth hour, and continued for some time, either alone, or in conjunction with nitre and syrup. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II Another method is as follows:—Take 1 gram of the coal and drop it gradually from a sheet of note paper on to 5 grams of fused nitre contained in a platinum dish. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. With carbonate of soda and nitre on platinum foil, gives a strong manganese reaction. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations The chief trade is with Britain: exports nitre, wheat, copper, and iodine; imports, textiles, machinery, sugar, and cattle. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Mildew.—Syringe with a strong decoction of green leaves and tender branches of the elder-tree, or with a solution of nitre made in the proportion of 1 oz. of nitre to each gallon of water. Gardening for the Million Before I quitted Kentucky, I made a point of visiting the celebrated and immense nitre caverns or catacombs of the limestone region. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832 Sprinkle a little of the nitre in a small Wedgwood mortar, place the ore on it, and cover with 2 or 3 grams more of the nitre. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. With nitre and carbonate of soda a slight manganese reaction. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations They stuffed in the sulphur and nitre, they bunged the holes soundly, and fired their trains. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth In France, the plaster of old walls is washed to separate the nitrate of lime, which is a soluble salt, and this, by means of potash, or muriate of potash, is afterwards converted into nitre. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 561, August 11, 1832 I wrote some verses, funny ones, and sent her to-day, and she returned for answer that verse in Proverbs about vinegar on nitre, and seemed distressed that I ever had such worldly and funny thoughts. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss When calcination is not admissible it may be destroyed by heating with strong sulphuric acid and bichromate or permanganate of potash or by fusion with nitre. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. With nitre and carbonate of soda on platinum generally gives the manganese reaction. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations He said that "obviously" they must get the sulphur, nitre, and plaster of Paris through the wood before twilight, and for that they broke bulk and carried the sacks. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth In the heart of one of the mummies he found about three drams of pure nitre; the heart being entire, this must have been injected through the blood-vessels. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 398, November 14, 1829 It is desirable to reduce the temperature of the substances previously, if convenient, by placing the vessels in water, with nitre powder thrown in occasionally. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 372, May 30, 1829 But this balance is disturbed in the presence of much nitre, the indications with baric chloride being disturbed by an opalescence for some c.c. beyond the finishing point. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. On platinum foil with nitre and carbonate of soda affords a yellow mass of chromate of potassa. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations Statesmen deal in proximate principles,—unstable compounds; but war reduces facts to their simple elements in its red-hot crucible, with its black flux of carbon and sulphur and nitre. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 According to M. Landgerbe, a mixture of two parts nitre, two parts neutral carbonate of potash, one part of sulphur, and six parts of common salt, all finely pulverized, makes a very powerful fulminating powder. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 351, January 10, 1829 The nitre," he said in one note, "seems to do harm; the fluor composition seems the best and hardest. Men of Invention and Industry Solution is effected by boiling with aqua regia, or by fusing with nitre and sodium carbonate. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. With carbonate of soda and nitre gives the manganese reaction. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations "I will give her some sweet spirits of nitre," said I, taking out a little vial. The Magic Egg and Other Stories Certain perishable drugs, such as sweet spirits of nitre, or others liable to contain from their mode of manufacture metallic impurities, form the subjects of frequent prosecutions. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He describes it in a curious manner, mentioning the sulphur and nitre, but conceals the charcoal in an anagram. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Rub up together, and transfer to a small porcelain dish; clean out the mortar with the rest of the nitre, and add to the contents of the dish. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. If mixed with nitre, the potassa retains the carbonic acid, and the carbon may be thus easily estimated. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations It is a good alterative, combined usually with antimonials and nitre, and particularly useful in mange, surfeit, grease, hide-bound, and want of condition. The Dog The water is of a moderate heat, and appears to be strongly impregnated with nitre. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred Both these component parts of the air are perpetually again diminished by their contact with the soil, which covers the surface of the earth, producing nitre. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation If an assay yields a regulus "too coarse," a fresh determination is made with more nitre added, or the roasting is carried further. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. "Prepared by deflagration in a crucible, one part of nitre with two of powdered tartar," proceeded Mr. Arcubus. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 The most useful consist of five parts of sublimed sulphur, one of nitre, one of linseed meal, and two of lard or palm oil. The Dog He showed me a bag of nitre, very white, but the crystals were much smaller than common. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa Some contain azotic gas, which contributes to produce nitre. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Some "assayers" use both tartar and nitre, the former of course being in excess. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. I now gave her broken dozes of diluted nitre untill it produced perspiration and at 10 P.M. The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 To this must follow digitalis, nitre, tartar emetic, and aloes, and to these must be added a powerful blister. The Dog This good salt water will stand 'em in good stead for want of sal ammoniac and nitre in Geber's kitchen. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 If Zaffre or Regulus of Cobalt be dissolved in the same manner in spirit of nitre, or aqua fortis, a reddish colour is produced on exposing the paper to heat. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Metallic sulphides when fused with an excess of nitre are completely oxidised. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Its nature was kept a profound secret for centuries, but the material is now believed to have been a mixture of nitre, sulphur, and naphtha. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe More blood must be subtracted, a seton inserted, the bowels opened with Epsom salts, and the digitalis, nitre, and James's powder given more frequently and in larger doses than before. The Dog They were chillingly didactic, and it is vinegar upon nitre to stand over an agonised soul and preach platitudes in an unsympathetic voice. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Nitre is found in Bengal naturally crystallized, and is swept by brooms from earths and stones, and thence called sweepings of nitre. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation The ore is ground with the nitre to ensure complete mixing. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. No doubt the hypocritical condolences of his children were as vinegar upon nitre. Expositions of Holy Scripture Foxglove, nitre, and ginger should be first tried in the proportional doses of one, ten, and eight grains, given morning and night. The Dog As to drink, dogs usually prefer clean cold water, and we cannot do harm by mixing therewith a little plain nitre. Dogs and All about Them This, however, does not last long, but gives place in a few months to a taste unpleasantly like sweet spirits of nitre, which renders the wine undrinkable. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán Solution.—The solution is effected by boiling with nitric acid or aqua regia, or by fusing with nitre. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. They tried at the seminary by means of nenuphar and infusions of nitre to quench in you the desires of youth and its rebellious passion. The Grip of Desire There may generally be added to them digitalis, James's powder, and nitre, made into balls with palm oil and a little linseed meal. The Dog They are Seville oranges, lemons, tamarinds, nitre, and cream of tartar. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby The ground here in many places was covered with a substance like the rime of a frosty morning; it tastes like salt, and from it they get nitre. Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. These fusions with nitre are best conducted in a platinum dish covered with a piece of platinum foil. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The veins of the palate should be opened, and a few drops of mixture composed of six parts of sweet nitre and one of ammonia, poured down its throat. The Book of Household Management Mild purgatives, and especially Epsom salts, are often beneficial, and also mercurial alternatives, as Æthiop's mineral with cream of tartar and nitre. The Dog They consist of nitre, acetate of potassa, squills, juniper, oil of turpentine, and others, vegetable and mineral. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby There is also a nitre and powder-manufactory, the former obtained from the earth by a very rude process. Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. The socket holds a copper cylinder which is charged with 30 grains of the dried coal mixed with 300 grains of a mixture of 3 parts of potassium chlorate and 1 part of nitre. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The tub must be large enough to contain about a bushel of ice, pounded small, when brought out of the ice-house, and mixed very carefully with either salt, nitre, or soda. The Book of Household Management An aloetic physic-ball, however, was given every fifth day, and a ball, composed of tartrate of iron, digitalis, nitre, and antimonial powder, on every intermediate morning and night. The Dog Thus a small dose of sweet spirit of nitre will act on the skin and promote perspiration, but a large dose will act as a diuretic only, and exert no influence on the skin. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby Here, the polished surface of the sandstone is covered with a hoar of salt and nitre. First Footsteps in East Africa For the determination, solution is effected by fusing with nitre and sodium carbonate, dissolving out the tellurate of potash with water, and boiling with hydrochloric acid. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. While the case is doubtful, a dessert-spoonful of spirit of nitre diluted in water, given at bedtime, will throw the child into a gentle perspiration, and will bring out the rash in either case. The Book of Household Management An aperient ball was given; and twice afterwards in the day, the nitre, antimonial powder, and digitalis. 30th. The Dog Coral and amber were both powdered and used in special cases, and antimony and nitre were handled freely, with rhubarb and the whole series of ancient remedies. Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Although the surface of the ground, where dry, was white with impure nitre, the water tasted tolerably sweet. First Footsteps in East Africa Cover with 2 grams of nitre and over this spread 5 grams of a mixture of equal parts of nitre and carbonate of soda. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. For thirst and febrile symptoms, give drinks of barley-water, or cold water, and every three hours put ten to fifteen drops of spirits of sweet nitre in a dessert-spoonful of either beverage. The Book of Household Management Again have recourse to the antimony, digitalis, and nitre. 8th'. The Dog Fossils, or those things generated in the earth which were not metals, were again subdivided into two classes—those which liquefy on being heated, as sulphur, nitre, etc., and those which do not. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus It is easy to sugar to be sweet, and to nitre to be salt. Representative Men Where this is used as a cooling drink in fevers a little sweet spirits of nitre may be added. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Saline Mixture.—Take of mint-water, 6 ounces; powdered nitre, 20 grains; antimonial wine, 3 drachms; spirits of nitre, 2 drachms; syrup of saffron, 2 drachms. The Book of Household Management The fox-glove is, perhaps, possessed of the greatest power, combined with nitre, squills, and bitartrate of potash. The Dog If you possess a microscope you may watch the growth of crystals yourself by melting some common powdered nitre in a little water till you find that no more will melt in it. The Fairy-Land of Science Give gran. sal nitre: a teaspoonful daily in water is good to stimulate the kidneys. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered Bleed freely at the horse's mouth, and take 1 oz. of oil of juniper, 1 oz. of laudanum, and 2 ozs. of sweet spirits of nitre. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Fever Mixture.—Mix a drachm of powdered nitre, 2 drachms of carbonate of potash, 2 teaspoonfuls of antimonial wine, and a tablespoonful of sweet spirits of nitre, in half a pint of water. The Book of Household Management I believe it is much impregnated with nitre. The Natural History of Wiltshire The Badawin collect nitre in the country, make excellent charcoal, and import sulphur from Egypt and India; their powder, however, is coarse and weak. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 This part of the Madinah plain, however, being higher than the rest, is less subject to the disease of salt and nitre. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Take of copaibe 1 oz., sweet spirits of nitre 1 oz., gum acacia powdered white sugar 1 drm., peppermint water 4 oz.; mix, and let all dissolve. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Give them none but warm food, half a peppercorn rolled in a morsel of dough every night, and a little nitre in their water. The Book of Household Management How much sugar, allum, vitriol, nitre, will dissolve in a pint of it ? The Natural History of Wiltshire It is the salt of their speech, the nitre of their wit. Winter Sunshine But now, after a five miles' chase, the sight of the man acted on my moral nature as vinegar is erroneously supposed to act on nitre. Such Is Life Take of peppermint water 5 oz., wine 6 drachms, sweet spirits of nitre 1/2 oz.; mix. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Foam of nitre is, I think, something like soapsuds. Caesar and Cleopatra The sediment by precipitation is a perfect white flower, Mice nitre. The Natural History of Wiltshire The very same thing may be effected by placing the flesh upon a heap of corn, or near nitre; the heat will produce the same that the fig-tree did. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Furious vortices of sulphur and nitre, devouring shoals of fire which caught every object, the terrible thunder of the explosion, this is what the second which followed disclosed in that cavern of horrors. The Man in the Iron Mask His great remedy, which he gave oftener than any other, was nitre; which he ordered in doses of twenty or thirty grains to adults, and of three grains to infants. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 We have also a number of artificial wells and fountains, made in imitation of the natural sources and baths; as tincted upon vitriol, sulphur, steel, brass, lead, nitre, and other minerals. New Atlantis The water, after standing all night in a bottle, yielded a remarkably vinous taste and odour, something analogous to that of dulcified spirit of nitre. Travels through France and Italy The nitre of the snow dissolving in these channels no doubt added much to the quality of the herbage. The Village Rector But such effects are not rare among our mountains, where the nitre of perpetual snows produces extraordinary phenomena in the human organization. Seraphita Here lay the bitumen-stratum, there the brimstone one; so ran the vein of gunpowder, of nitre, terebinth and foul grease: this, were she inquisitive enough, History might partly know. The French Revolution Then he had run to the train, impetuous as a man who is excited by revenge, and full of confidence, as are those whom God blinds, he had set fire to the wick of nitre. Twenty Years After In all appearance it is impregnated with nitre, if not with something more mischievous: we know that mundic, or pyrites, very often contains a proportion of arsenic, mixed with sulphur, vitriol, and mercury. Travels through France and Italy Perhaps a quantity of pure charcoal reduced to a very fine powder and mixed with the solution of nitre in which they are dipped would render them still more inflammable. Essays; Political, Economical, and Philosophical — Volume 1 He talks much of the sulphur and the nitre which they contain; but I apprehend their efficacy is owing to the same volatile vitriolic principle, which characterises the waters at Bath. Travels through France and Italy |
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