SALTPETRE

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 28

(Lat. saL, salt, and Gr. irerfa, a stone, from its being found in certain stony soils.) Nitrate of potash. An anhydrous salt composed of 1 equivalent of nitric acid = 54, and 1 of pota a = 48. gee Nitre. SALT, [s. 1099]